Letter 3735

Jean-Paul Bignon to Hans Sloane – March 10, 1739


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Date: March 10, 1739
Author: Jean-Paul Bignon
Recipient: Hans Sloane

Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4050
Folio: ff. 288-289



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Abbé Bignon thanks Sloane for all he has done for him and the Académie des sciences. Jean-Paul Bignon (1662-1743) was a clergyman, librarian to Louis XIV, member of the Academie francaise, and mentor of Joseph Pitton de Tournefort (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Paul_Bignon).




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