Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre

1737 - 1814

photo credits: Wikimedia Commons

movement: lumières, Finalisme

country of citizenship: France

native language: French

languages spoken, written or signed: French

educated at: University of Caen Normandy, École des Ponts ParisTech, Lycée Pierre-Corneille

occupation: geographical engineer, novelist, botanist, writer

position held: seat 27 of the Académie française, director of the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle

Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre (also called Bernardin de St. Pierre) (19 January 1737, in Le Havre – 21 January 1814, in Éragny, Val-d'Oise) was a French writer and botanist. He is best known for his 1788 novel, Paul et Virginie, a very popular 18th-century classic of French literature. Source: Wikipedia (en)