1910–1911
Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
TALLEMANT, GEDEON, SIEUR DBS REAUX (1619-1692), French author, was born at La Rochelle on the 7th of November 1619. He belonged to a wealthy middle-class family of Huguenot persuasion; the name des Reaux he derived from a small property purchased by him in 1650. When he was about eighteen years of age he was sent to Italy with his brother Francois, abbe Tallemant. On his return to Paris, Tallemant took his degrees in civil and canonical law, and his father secured for him the position of conseiller au parlement. Th…
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