Jean-Baptiste de La Curne de Sainte-Palaye
Jean-Baptiste de La Curne de Sainte-Palaye | |
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La Curne de Sainte-Palaye and his twin | |
| Born | June 1697 Auxerre, France |
| Died | 1 March 1781 (aged 83) Paris, France |
| Occupation | Historian |
| Notable work | Dictionnaire des antiquités françaises |
| Title | Member, Académie française |
| Term | 1758–1781 |
Jean-Baptiste de La Curne de Sainte-Palaye (June 1697 – 1 March 1781) was a French historian, classicist, philologist and lexicographer.