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Authorised form of nameFremont d'Ablancourt; Nicolas (1621 - 1696); diplomat
Other forms of nameNicolas Fremont d'
Fremont d'Ablancourt, Jean Jacobe de
Ablancourt, Jean Jacobe de Fremont d'
Other forms of surnameAblancourt
Dates1621 - 1696
NationalityFrench
Place of birthVitry-le-Francois, France, Europe
Date of birth5 September 1621
Place of deathThe Hague, Dutch Republic [modern day Netherlands], Europe
Date of death6 October 1696
OccupationDiplomat
ActivityEducation:
Pupil of his uncle, Nicolas Perrot, Count d'Ablancourt
Career:
Ambassador to Portugal (1663-1665); Resident at Strasbourg (1675); a Huguenot, he went into exile in Portugal with Marshal Schomberg and then settled in Groningen, Holland, after the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes; Historiographer to the Prince of Orange
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election12/11/1684
ProposerRobert Boyle
Other Royal Society activityOccasional correspondent to the Society (1670s);
Proposed on 23 July 1684
RelationshipsParents: Jean Jacobe de Fremont and Marie Perrot d'Ablancourt
OtherInfoAs a French Protestant, Fremont d'Ablancourt was forced to flee France after Louis XIV formally revoked the Edict of Nantes in 1685, with which he ultimately deprived French Protestants of all religious and civil liberties. He was barely active in the Society.
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; Biographie Universelle; Hunter; NBG; DBF; Agnew
Authority:
Birth and death dates from DBF
Notes:
Dates given for birth and death vary (1621-1625 for birth, 1693-1696 for death). DBF has his birth place as Paris, France. DBF gives name as Jean, his surname being originally Jacobe de Fremont. Agnew calls him Jean Jacob, as if these were his Christian names.
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/60004252
CodeNA4507
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
LBO/11A/103Copy of a letter from Nicholas Fremont D' Ablancourt 17 April 1693
EL/A/43Letter, from Fremont d' Ablancourt to (addressee unnamed)17 April 1693
EL/F1/55Letter, from Fremont d'Ablancourt [to the Royal Society], dated at Geneva20 June 1670
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