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Pierre Beaumarchais

Also known as Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, Beaumarchais

French playwright, diplomat and polymath (1732–1799)

OverviewAI-generated

Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais was a French musician, poet, businessperson, and publisher. Born in Paris, rue Saint-Denis, on January 24, 1732, he worked in the performing arts and wrote in French. His notable works include *The Barber of Seville*, *The Marriage of Figaro*, and *The Guilty Mother*. He was detained at the Prison de l'Abbaye during his lifetime.

Beaumarchais died in Zambia on May 18, 1799. He is buried at Père Lachaise Cemetery. His life and works have been described in sources such as the *Encyclopædia Britannica* 11th edition and the *Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary*.

Synthesized by Vinony from 40 facts across 9 sources: Wikidata, Crossref, Open Library, MusicBrainz, Last.fm, Europeana Sparql, TMDb, Wikiquote, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Works: 6

Top works

Las bodas de Fígaro
El barbero de Sevilla
Barber of Seville and the Marriage of Figaro
Figaro'nun Düğünü veya Çılgın Gün
Sevilla Berberi Veya Nafile Tedbir

via Open Library + Wikidata

Film & TV

Writing · Paris, France

via TMDB

Music · MusicBrainz

Type: Person
Gender: Male
Origin: France
Active from: 1732
Active to: 1799

Discogs

via MusicBrainz · CC0

Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 2
Total plays: 34

via Last.fm · Pierre Beaumarchais

Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

Going deeper with convolutions
· 2015 · cited 32,858x
Classification of Surgical Complications
· 2004 · cited 28,212x
Array programming with NumPy
· 2020 · cited 23,379x
Outline of a Theory of Practice
· 1977 · cited 19,092x
Testing for a unit root in time series regression
· 1988 · cited 12,647x

via Crossref · CC0

Quotes

“Que les gens d'esprit sont bêtes.”
“Aujourd'hui, ce qui ne vaut pas la peine d'être dit, on le chante.”
“Je me presse de rire de tout, de peur d'être obligé d'en pleurer.”
“Médiocre et rampant, et l'on arrive à tout.”
“Calomniez, calomniez; il en reste toujours quelque chose.”
“Il n'est pas nécessaire de tenir les choses pour en raisonner.”

via Wikiquote · CC BY-SA

Works in European collections

36 objects attributed to Pierre Beaumarchais, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

~27 min read

Encyclopedic overview

Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais ( pronounced [pjɛʁ oɡystɛ̃ kaʁɔ̃ d(ə) bomaʁʃɛ]; né Caron; 24 January 1732 – 18 May 1799) was a French playwright and diplomat of the Age of Enlightenment. Best known for his three Figaro plays, at various times in his life he was also a watchmaker, inventor, musician, spy, publisher, arms dealer, and revolutionary (both French and American).

Born a Parisian watchmaker's son, Beaumarchais rose in French society and became influential in the court of Louis XV as an inventor and music teacher. He made a number of important business and social contacts, played various roles as a diplomat and spy, and had earned a considerable fortune before a series of costly court battles jeopardized his reputation.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pierre Beaumarchais” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.