Michel-Guillaume-Saint-Jean de Crèvecoeur Biography

Michel-Guillaume-Saint-Jean de Crèvecoeur biography

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NAME: Michel-Guillaume-Saint-Jean de Crèvecoeur
OCCUPATION: Diplomat, Journalist
BIRTH DATE: January 31, 1735
DEATH DATE: November 12, 1813
PLACE OF BIRTH: Caen, France
PLACE OF DEATH: Sarcelles, France
Full Name: Michel-Guillaume-Saint-Jean de Crèvecoeur

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Michel-Guillaume-Saint-Jean de Crèvecoeur was a French writer and naturalist who traveled to America in the 1700s and wrote Letters from an American Farmer.

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J. Hector St. John de Crèvecoeur

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J. Hector St. John de Crèvecoeur. (2013). The Biography Channel website. Retrieved 04:09, May 24, 2013, from http://www.biography.com/people/michel-guillaume-saint-jean-de-cr%C3%A8vecoeur-37934.

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J. Hector St. John de Crèvecoeur was born on January 31, 1735 in Caen, France. He traveled to the New World in 1755 as an officer and mapmaker and became a farmer, then served as French consul for many years. He returned to Europe in 1790. His fame rests on his essays, Letters from an American Farmer. In his time he was the most widely read commentator on America. He died in 1813.