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Pierre Beaumarchais, French Playwright

Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais (January 24, 1732 - May 18, 1799) was a French playwright, watchmaker, inventor, musician, diplomat, fugitive, spy, publisher, horticulturalist, arms dealer, satirist, financier, and revolutionary. Born a provincial watchmaker's son, he rose in French society and became influential in the court of Louis XV as an inventor and music teacher. He made a number of important business and social contacts, played various roles as a diplomat and spy, and earned a considerable fortune before a series of costly court battles jeopardized his reputation. An early French supporter of American independence, he lobbied the French government on behalf of the American rebels during the American War of Independence. He oversaw covert aid from the French and Spanish governments to supply arms and financial assistance to the rebels in the years before France's formal entry into the war in 1778. Beaumarchais was also involved in the early stages of the French Revolution, but is best known, however, for his theatrical works, especially the three Figaro plays. He died in 1799 at the age of 67.
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Pierre Beaumarchais, French Playwright
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Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais (January 24, 1732 - May 18, 1799) was a French playwright, watchmaker, inventor, musician, diplomat, fugitive, spy, publisher, horticulturalist, arms dealer, satirist, financier, and revolutionary. Born a provincial watchmaker's son, he rose in French society and became influential in the court of Louis XV as an inventor and music teacher. He made a number of important business and social contacts, played various roles as a diplomat and spy, and earned a considerable fortune before a series of costly court battles jeopardized his reputation. An early French supporter of American independence, he lobbied the French government on behalf of the American rebels during the American War of Independence. He oversaw covert aid from the French and Spanish governments to supply arms and financial assistance to the rebels in the years before France's formal entry into the war in 1778. Beaumarchais was also involved in the early stages of the French Revolution, but is best known, however, for his theatrical works, especially the three Figaro plays. He died in 1799 at the age of 67.
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