Marc-Antoine Laugier
Priest
Marc-Antoine Laugier was a Jesuit priest until 1755, then a Benedictine monk. Overlooking Claude Perrault and numerous other figures, Summerson notes,
Marc Antoine Laugier can perhaps be called the first modern architectural philosopher. Wikipedia
Born: January 22, 1713, Manosque, France
Died: April 5, 1769 (age 56 years), Paris, France
Notable work: Essay on Architecture