Authorised form of name | Monceaux; Andre (c1640 - c1672); writer and virtuoso |
Dates | c1640 - c1672 |
Nationality | French |
Date of birth | c. 1640 |
Date of death | c. 1672 |
Occupation | Virtuoso |
Research field | Antiquity |
Activity | Career: Served in the French Navy (1663-64); Treasurer of Caen (1665); Travelled extensively including to the Middle East |
Membership category | Fellow |
Date of election | 15/12/1670 |
Other Royal Society activity | Occasional correspondent and supplied Bernier's book on the Middle East (1670) |
Relationships | Parents: Pierre Demonceaux and Claude de Moucy |
OtherInfo | Monceaux through his extensive travels contributed to volumes on ancient Greek history and architecture. Another work contains research on medicinal plants. |
Source | Sources: Bulloch's Roll; Birch References: Meynell, G. 1993. 'Andre de Monceaux, FRS 1670', in Notes and Records, vol. 47, pp. 11-15 Notes: Never in lists. |
Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/203298124 |
Code | NA6962 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNo | Title | Date |
EL/M1/62 | Extract of a letter, from Andre de Monceaux to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Paris | 26 July 1670 |