Louis d'Ussieux
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Louis d'Ussieux, real name Louis Dussieux, (30 March 1744 in Angoulême[1][2] – 21 August 1805 in château des Vaux, Eure-et-Loir) was an 18th-century French writer, historian, journalist, translator and agronomist.
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Born | Louis Dussieux 30 March 1744 |
Died | 21 August 1805(1805-08-21) (aged 61) |
Occupation(s) | Historian, journalist, translator, agronomist |
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In 1777, he was among the founders and editors of the Journal de Paris and collaborated with the Collection universelle des mémoires particuliers relatifs à l'histoire de France. A Girondin, he was banned before being elected in 1795 a member of the Council of Ancients until 1799.