Jacques Basnage de Beauval ( 1653 - 1722 )

Birth: Rouen, France (08 August 1653) Death: ? 22 December 1722 Profession: Clergyman, Protestant Education: Pupil of Tanneguy Le Fevre at Saumur; Geneva; Pupil of Jurieu at Sedan Career: Minister at Rouen (1676-1685); a Huguenot, he forfeited his property and took refuge in Holland after the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes; Pastor at Rotterdam (1685-1709); Minister of the Walloon Church at Rotterdam (1691-1709); Minister of the Walloon Church at the Hague (1709); assisted the French ambassador to The Hague, Abbé Dubois, in negotiations for an alliance between France, England and the States General (1716-1717); after its successful conclusion, his estates in France were restored to him Membership: Fellow Election Date: 30/11/1697.