Louis Gabriel Michaud, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Louis Gabriel Michaud

French writer

Date of Birth: 19-Jan-1773

Date of Death: 03-Aug-1858

Profession: writer, printer, biographer, bookseller, lexicographer

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Louis-Gabriel Michaud (January 19, 1773, Castle Richemont – August 3, 1858) was a French writer, historian, printer, and bookseller.
He was notable as the compiler of Biographie Universelle (1811-). He became a lieutenant on July 15, 1791 and joined the Zweibrücken Regiment.
In 1792 he participated in the Battle of Valmy and the Battle of Jemappes.
Having reached the rank of captain in the 102nd line regiment, he left the army for health reasons. In 1797, with his brother Joseph François Michaud and N.
Giguet (died in 1810), he founded a (at first clandestine) printing press, specializing in books about religion and the monarchy.
He was imprisoned with his brother and N.
Giguet for several months in 1799 for having printed anti-Bonapartist literature.
He obtained his first commission from abbot Jacques Delille, then a refugee in London, who entrusted him with his books to be printed.