List of Famous people with last name Jaucourt

Louis de Jaucourt

First Name Louis

Last Name Jaucourt

Born on September 16, 1704

Died on February 3, 1779 (aged 74)

Born in France, Île-de-France

Chevalier Louis de Jaucourt was a French scholar and the most prolific contributor to the Encyclopédie. He wrote about 18,000 articles on subjects including physiology, chemistry, botany, pathology, and political history, or about 25% of the entire encyclopaedia, all done voluntarily. In the generations after the Encyclopédie's, mainly due to his aristocratic background, his legacy was largely overshadowed by the more bohemian Denis Diderot, Jean-Jacques Rousseau and others, but by the mid-20th century more scholarly attention was being paid to him.

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Arnail François, marquis de Jaucourt

First Name Arnail

Born on November 14, 1757

Died on February 5, 1852 (aged 94)

Born in France, Île-de-France

Arnail François, marquis de Jaucourt, comte de l'Empire was a French aristocrat and politician.

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