Jean-Paul Bignon, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jean-Paul Bignon

French priest and man of letters

Date of Birth: 19-Sep-1662

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

Date of Death: 14-Mar-1743

Profession: librarian, Catholic priest

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

The Abbé Jean-Paul Bignon, Cong.Orat.
(19 September 1662, Paris – 14 March 1743, Île Belle) was a French ecclesiastic, statesman, writer and preacher and librarian to Louis XIV of France.
His protégé, Joseph Pitton de Tournefort, named the genus Bignonia (Virginia jasmine) after him in 1694.