Jean Chardin, born Jean-Baptiste Chardin, and also known as Sir John Chardin, was a French jeweller and traveller whose ten-volume book The Travels of Sir John Chardin is regarded as one of the finest works of early Western scholarship on Safavid... Wikipedia
Born: November 16, 1643, Paris, France
Died: January 5, 1713 (age 69 years), Chiswick, London, United Kingdom
Grandchildren: Barbara Musgrave, Mary Musgrave, Julia Musgrave, and more
Children: Julia Chardin, Jeanne Emilie Chardin, Marie Charlot Chardin, and more
Parents: Jeanne Guiselin and Daniel Chardin
Spouse: Esther de Lardiniere Peigné (m. 1681)
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