Gédéon Tallemant des Réaux

Gédéon Tallemant des Réaux (born Oct. 2, 1619, La Rochelle, Fr.—died Nov. 10, 1692, Paris) was a French writer of entertaining and informative Historiettes, or short biographies. The son of a Huguenot banker, Tallemant took degrees in civil and canonical law at Paris, but he abandoned his position as conseiller au parlement and began to frequent literary circles. In 1646 he married his cousin Élisabeth de Rambouillet, thus gaining entrée into the elegant society of...