Jean Baptiste Seroux d'Agincourt
Jean Baptiste Seroux d'Agincourt was born on April 5, 1730. See ranking, bio blurb, and everyone else born that day.
About Jean Baptiste Seroux d'Agincourt
Jean Baptiste Louis George Seroux D'Agincourt (5 April 1730 – 24 September 1814) was a French archaeologist and historian. Born in Beauvais, he was a descendant of the counts of Namur, and in his youth he served as an officer in a regiment of cavalry. Finding it necessary to quit the army in order to take charge of his younger brothers who had been left orphans, he was appointed a farmer-general by Louis XV. In 1777 he visited England, Germany and the Dutch Republic; and in the following year he travelled through Italy, with the view of exploring thoroughly the remains of ancient art. He…