Louis Cousin
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Louis Cousin, le président Cousin (lwi kuzɛ̃; 21 August 1627, Paris - 26 February 1707, Paris) was a French translator, historian, lawyer, royal censor and president of the cour des monnaies
. He was the third member elected to occupy seat 3 of the Académie française
in 1697.
Cour des monnaies
The Cour des monnaies was one of the sovereign courts of Ancien Régime France. It was set up in 1552. It and the other Ancien Régime tribunals were suppressed in 1791 after the French Revolution.- Origins :...
. He was the third member elected to occupy seat 3 of the Académie française
Académie française
L'Académie française , also called the French Academy, is the pre-eminent French learned body on matters pertaining to the French language. The Académie was officially established in 1635 by Cardinal Richelieu, the chief minister to King Louis XIII. Suppressed in 1793 during the French Revolution,...
in 1697.