Louis-Élisabeth de La Vergne de Tressan
French physician
Louis-Élisabeth de la Vergne, comte de Tressan was a French soldier, physician, scientist, medievalist and writer, best known for his adaptations of "romans chevaleresques" of the Middle Ages, which contributed to the rise of the Troubadour style... Wikipedia
Born: November 4, 1705, Le Mans, France
Died: October 31, 1783 (age 77 years)
Books: Mythology Compared With History: Or, the Fables of the Ancients Elucidated From Historical Records. for the Use of Young Persons. to Which Is Now First Added, an Enquiry Into the Religion of the First Inhabitants of Great Britain. Together With Some Accou, Corps d'extraits de romans de chevalerie, and Oeuvres Du Comte de Tressan, Tome IX