Charles Perrault

Born January 12, 1628· Paris, France

† Died May 16, 1703

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Born into a prosperous Parisian bourgeois family, Charles Perrault received an elite education and trained in law before joining the civil service, where he helped found the Academy of Sciences and served as secretary of the Academy of Inscriptions and Belles-Lettres under Colbert. His influence secured his brother Claude’s seat on the Petit Conseil that directed the Louvre’s Colonnade, and he wro… Read more

Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources