Jean-Baptiste-Henri de Valincour, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jean-Baptiste-Henri de Valincour

French classical scholar

Date of Birth: 01-Mar-1653

Place of Birth: Paris, Île-de-France, France

Date of Death: 04-Jan-1730

Profession: writer, historian, translator, classical scholar, linguist

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Jean-Baptiste Henri de Trousset, lord of Valincour or Valincourt (1 March 1653, Paris – 4 January 1730) was a French admiral and man of letters.
He was a friend of chancellor d'Aguesseau, Racine (who he replaced at Académie française and as official historiographer to Louis XIV) and Boileau (Valincour was the dedicatee of Boileau's eleventh satire, "On true and false honour", and also completed the publication of Boileau's works in 1713).