You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in French. (December 2008) Click [show] for important translation instructions.
|
Jean-François, baron de Bourgoing (20 November 1748 in Nevers – 20 July 1811 in Karlovy Vary) was a French diplomat, writer and translator. A commander of the Legion of Honour,[1] he was also a corresponding member of the French Academy of Sciences, a member of the Copenhagen Academy of Sciences, the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts, a foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences from 1810, a knight then a baron de l'Empire, and a knight of the Swedish Order of the Polar Star.
Life edit
Youth edit
This section is empty. You can help by adding to it. (February 2011) |
Ambassador to Spain edit
Louis XVI edit
This section is empty. You can help by adding to it. (February 2011) |
French Revolution edit
This section is empty. You can help by adding to it. (February 2011) |
Secretary to Louis XVI's legation in Spain edit
This section is empty. You can help by adding to it. (February 2011) |
Negotiations at the camp of Figueres edit
This section is empty. You can help by adding to it. (February 2011) |
Literary career edit
This section is empty. You can help by adding to it. (February 2011) |
Return to diplomacy edit
This section is empty. You can help by adding to it. (February 2011) |
Trotsky edit
Leon Trotsky wrote to Alfred Rosmer from Cádiz on 19 November 1916:[2]
Journalists' telegrams which claim I am free do not tell the truth. To leave the hotel I am obliged to let my spy know in advance : he accompanies me everywhere, drinks his coffee at the same table as me (I pay, naturally), etc., sits facing me in the library and spits on the floor for two or three hours. I read a study on Spain by Monsieur Bourgoing, minister plenipotentiary of Louis XVI, to the court of Madrid. It is very interesting (at the same time, it is the most modern work – Paris 1807 – I've been able to find here).
Notes and references edit
- ^ Archives nationales, Dossier LH/330/35.
- ^ Online text