Jacob Spon
French doctor and archaeologist
Jacob Spon was a French doctor and archaeologist. He was a pioneer in the exploration of the monuments of Greece, and a scholar of international reputation in the developing "Republic of Letters". Wikipedia
Born: January 7, 1647, Lyon, France
Died: December 25, 1685 (age 38 years), Vevey, Switzerland
Books: Voyage d'Italie, de Dalmatie, de Grèce et du Levant, fait aux années 1675 et 1676, Aphorismoi Neoteroi. Aphorismi Noui, Ex Hippocratis Operibus Nunc Primum Collecti, and The History of the City and State of Geneva: From Its First Foundation to this Present Time. Faithfully Collected from Several Manuscripts of Jacobus Gothfredus, Monsieur Chorier, and Others