Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont was a French novelist who wrote the best-known version of Beauty and the Beast. Born to a middle-class family, she was raised alongside her younger sister, Catherine Aimée. Both were provided education at a... Wikipedia
Born: April 26, 1711, Rouen, France
Died: September 8, 1780 (age 69 years), Avallon, France
Spouse: Thomas Pichon (m. 1757–1760) and Grimard de Beaumont (m. 1743–1745)
Children: Elisabeth de Beaumont
Grandchild: Anne Louise Moreau
Parents: Jean-Baptiste Le Prince and Marie-Barbe Plantart
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