Key facts
- Born
- Jacques Cazotte , 17 October 1719, Dijon , France
- Died
- 25 September 1792 (1792-09-25) (aged 72), Paris , France
- Occupation
- Writer
- Nationality
- French
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Jacques
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Dijon
- Place of death
- Paris
- Occupation
- poet
- Languages spoken
- French
- Native language
- French
- Notable work
- The Devil in Love
- Genre
- prose
- Image
- Portrait of Jacques Cazotte.jpg
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- cause of death
- decapitation
- has works in the collection
- National Gallery of Art
- writing language
- French
- manner of death
- capital punishment
- date of death
- 1792-09-25
- Commons category
- Jacques Cazotte
- date of birth
- 1720-00-00
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- name in native language
- Jacques Cazotte
- P12047
- Moldova
via Wikidata · CC0
Works in European collections
12 objects attributed to Jacques Cazotte, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
Jacques Cazotte ( French: [kazɔt]; 17 October 1719 – 25 September 1792) was a French writer and a monarchist. He predicted the Reign of Terror and was guillotined shortly after.
Life
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Jacques Cazotte” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.