Jean-Joseph Renaud, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jean-Joseph Renaud

Fencer, writer

Date of Birth: 16-Jan-1873

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

Date of Death: 08-Dec-1953

Profession: screenwriter, writer, playwright, translator, journalist, film director, novelist, fencer

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Jean-Joseph Renaud (16 January 1873 – 8 December 1953) was a French fencer.
He competed at the 1900 and 1908 Summer Olympics.He was also a prolific journalist, author and playwright whose books La Défense dans la rue (Self Defence in the Street - 1912) and L'Escrime (Fencing - 1911) are recognised as an important contribution to early 20th century literature on those subjects.
He was a proponent of the field of honor, saying: "From every point of view dueling is beneficent." He refereed many duels (including ones involving Clemenceau and Leon Blum) and fought at least 15 himself (being a fencing master, all but 4 were fought with pistols; he was victorious in all of them).