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French Revolution & Empire, 19th Century

FrenchBorn Jean Claude Eléonore LE MICHAUD D'ARCON

French general

Born on November 18, 1733 in Besançon, France , France

Died on July 1, 1800 in Auteuil, France

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He was the son of a lawyer who also wrote several short works on costume of the Franche-Comté. Jean Claude was born in Besançon and was originally intended for a career in the church - he was sent to view a parish to win him round to this career, but he was keener on an army career, drawing and mapping fortifications instead of studying Latin. When someone was sent to draw his portrait for his parents, he opted to be shown in the dress of an engineer not a clergyman and his father agreed to support his choice of career. ...   He was the son of a lawyer who also wrote several short works on costume of the Franche-Comté. Jean Claude was born in Besançon and was originally intended for a career in the church - he was sent to view a parish to win him round to this career, but he was keener on an army career, drawing and mapping fortifications instead of studying Latin. When someone was sent to draw his portrait for his parents, he opted to be shown in the dress of an engineer not a clergyman and his father agreed to support his choice of career. He studied at the École royale du génie de Mézières in 1754 and was made an engineer-in-ordinary the following year, fighting with distinction in the Seven Years' War, particularly in the defence of Hesse-Kassel in 1761.



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