Jean de La Fontaine

Jean de La Fontaine was born in Château-Thierry in July 1621, the son of a master of waters and forests. After a brief novitiate at the Oratory, he studied law, married Marie Héricart and in his turn bought an office in the waters and forests administration. Pensioned by the superintendent Fouquet, he remained loyal to him after his disgrace, then was housed from 1673 to 1693 by Mme de La Sablière. Elected to the Académie française in 1683, he was received there only in 1684, the king having first delayed his admission. He died in Paris in 1695.

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