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Authorised form of nameMonceaux; Andre (c1640 - c1672); writer and virtuoso
Datesc1640 - c1672
NationalityFrench
Date of birthc. 1640
Date of deathc. 1672
OccupationVirtuoso
Research fieldAntiquity
ActivityCareer:
Served in the French Navy (1663-64); Treasurer of Caen (1665); Travelled extensively including to the Middle East
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election15/12/1670
Other Royal Society activityOccasional correspondent and supplied Bernier's book on the Middle East (1670)
RelationshipsParents: Pierre Demonceaux and Claude de Moucy
General contextMonceaux through his extensive travels contributed to volumes on ancient Greek history and architecture. Another work contains research on medicinal plants.
SourcesSources:
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 Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/203298124
Royal Society codeNA6962
Archives associated with this Fellow
Reference numberTitleDate
EL/M1/62Extract of a letter, from Andre de Monceaux to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Paris26 July 1670
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