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Rousseau is a French surname. Many influential cultural workers have gone by this name, although the person most likely to be referred to simply as Rousseau is Jean-Jacques Rousseau.
- Jean-Jacques Rousseau ( 1712- 1778) an author and influential philosopher.
- Eugène Rousseau ( 1827- 1891) an artist of glass and ceramics
- Henri Rousseau ( 1844- 1910) an artist also known as Le Douanier
- Jean-Baptiste RousseauJean-Baptiste Rousseau ( April 6, 1671- March 17, 1741), was a French poet. He was born at Paris, the son of a shoemaker, and was well educated. As a young man, he gained favour with Boileau, who encouraged him to write. Rousseau began with the theatre, f ( 1671Events May 9 Thomas Blood, disguised as a clergyman, attempts to steal the Crown Jewels from the Tower of London. He is immediately caught because he is too drunk to run with the loot. He would later be condemned to death and then mysteriously pardoned an- 1741Events April 10 Austrian army attack troops of Frederick the Great at Mollwitz December 19 Vitus Bering dies in his expedition east of Siberia December 25 Anders Celsius develops his own thermometer scale Celsius William Browning invents mineral water Eli) a poetPoets are authors of poems. Poets are often regarded as imaginative thinkers or writers. List of poets Apocalypse poets Georgian poets List of romantic poets List of surrealist poets Symbolist Poets List of Albanian language poets List of Arabic language
- Théodore RousseauPierre Etienne Theodore Rousseau ( April 15, 1812 December 22, 1867), French painter of the Barbizon school, was born in Paris, of a bourgeois family which included one or two artists. At first he received a business training, but soon displayed aptitude ( 1812Events January 1 the Allgemeines Burgerliches Gesetzbuch, the Austrian civil code enters into force in the Austrian Empire February 2 Russia establishes a fur trading colony at Fort Ross, California February 7 The strongest in a series of massive earthqua- 1867Events January 8 African-American men granted the right to vote in the District of Columbia January 11 Benito Juarez becomes Mexican president again January 30 Emperor Komei of Japan dies. Crown Prince Mutsuhito is expected to become the next Emperor of J) a painter of landscapes
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