Jules de Clérambault
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Jules de Clérambault (ca. 1660 – 17 August 1714) was a French ecclesiastic and Abbot of Saint-Taurin d’Évreux.
He was the son of Marshal of France , and brother of Philippe, who in 1704 as lieutenant general, was responsible for the defense of the village of Blindheim in the Battle of Blenheim and was killed (drowned) during the battle.
In 1695, he is elected member of the Académie française, succeeding the famous poet and fabulist Jean de La Fontaine.
As Clérambault was a hunchback, he was nicknamed Aesop, after a figure in one of De La Fontaine's stories.
He was a historian and theologian.
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- Members of the Académie Française
- French abbots
- 1660s births
- 1714 deaths