Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBvMZnR-jWzX4TlBL63wL4jBwnk2U8_BQcXGgsI_R4MIMqsnV6AwlHH7viZ_UuwPGai78Up5ofnc39O9fDDLgU6wK_3gU3AwEoNVnEC0ZWwmBydaqv6PjNvPCkYjjAWpFo331RHaN6jbY/s1600/2011+april+3+DSC_0278.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBvMZnR-jWzX4TlBL63wL4jBwnk2U8_BQcXGgsI_R4MIMqsnV6AwlHH7viZ_UuwPGai78Up5ofnc39O9fDDLgU6wK_3gU3AwEoNVnEC0ZWwmBydaqv6PjNvPCkYjjAWpFo331RHaN6jbY/s640/2011+april+3+DSC_0278.jpg" width="424" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Beaumarchais">Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais</a>, watchmaker, inventor, musician, diplomat, fugitive, spy, publisher, arms dealer, financier, revolutionary, 1732-1799</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;">He was perhaps most known for his theatrical works, including three Figaro plays: Le Barbier de Séville, Le Mariage de Figaro, and La Mère coupable.   </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;">Determined to publish Voltaire's complete works, many of which were banned, he bought the rights to the manuscripts and set up a print shop in Germany.  He was instrumental in saving many of Voltaire's works which might otherwise have been lost.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;">This statue by Louis Clausade (1895) sits in a triangle in the Marais.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;">Beaumarchais statue</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;">Rue Saint Antoine et Rue des Tournelles</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;">Métro Bastille</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75004 Paris</span></div>

Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais

  Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais , watchmaker, inventor, musician, diplomat, fugitive, spy, publisher, arms dealer, financier, revolu...

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