Pierre Claude François Daunou
French statesman, author, archivist and historian / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dear Wikiwand AI, let's keep it short by simply answering these key questions:
Can you list the top facts and stats about Pierre Claude François Daunou?
Summarize this article for a 10 year old
SHOW ALL QUESTIONS
Pierre Claude François Daunou (French: [donu]; 18 August 1761 – 20 June 1840) was a French statesman of the French Revolution and Empire. An author and historian, he served as the nation's archivist under both the Empire and the Restoration, contributed a volume to the Histoire littéraire de la France, and published more than twenty volumes of lectures he delivered when he held the chair of history and ethics at the Collège de France.