Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais
French clockmaker
Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais was a French polymath. At various times in his life, he was a watchmaker, inventor, playwright, musician, diplomat, spy, publisher, horticulturist, arms dealer, satirist, financier and revolutionary. Wikipedia
Born: January 24, 1732, Paris, France
Died: May 18, 1799 (age 67 years), Paris, France
Spouse: Marie-Thérèse de Willer-Mawlaz (m. 1786–1799), Geneviève-Madeleine Lévêque (m. 1768–1770), and Madeleine-Catherine Aubertin (m. 1756–1757)
Librettists: Lorenzo Da Ponte and Cesare Sterbini
Grandchild: Palmyre Delarue de Beaumarchais