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Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron de
Died: 1799 AD, at 67 years of age.
Nationality: French
Categories: Businessmen, Dramatist
French businessman and comic dramatist.
1732 - Born on the 24th of January.
1751-1753 - Invented an escape mechanism that made possible a substantial improvement in the accuracy
and compactness of watches.
1756-1757 - Began using the name "Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais".
- He derived Beaumarchais from the name of a piece of land, "le Bois Marchais,".
1758-1759 - Caron was the harp tutor to King Louis XV's daughters.
1759-1760 - Met Joseph Pâris dit Duverney, a wealthy older entrepreneur who saw the young Caron as having
much business ability.
1760-1761 - Purchased the office of secretary-councillor to the King thereby becoming a French noble.
1763 - Beaumarchais purchased a second office, the office of Lieutenant General of Hunting.
1774 - On 26th of February Beaumarchais were deprived of their civil rights.
Wrote plays "The Barber of Seville" 1775, "The Marriage of Figaro" 1784.
1799 - He Died on 18th of May in Paris, France.
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The Figaro Trilogy: The Barber of Seville, The Marriage of Figaro, The Guilty Mother (Oxford World's Classics) by Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais (Paperback - Aug 1, 2008) Eighteenth-century France produced only one truly international theater star, Beaumarchais, and only one name, Figaro, to combine with Don Quixote and D'Artagnan in the ranks of popular myth. But who...  In stock soon. Order now to get in line. First come, first served. |
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The real Figaro;: The extraordinary career of Caron de Beaumarchais by Cynthia Cox (Unknown Binding - Aug 30, 1963) |
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