Paul Hay du Chastelet

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Paul Hay du Chastelet (November 1592 – 26 April 1636) was a French magistrate, orator, and writer. His brother, Daniel Hay du Chastelet de Chambon, was a mathematician.

Biography

Du Chastelet was born at Laval, Mayenne, a member of the ancient house of Hay in Brittany region of France. He became a councillor in 1616 and Advocate-General of the Parliament of Brittany in 1618.

References

• Louis Gabriel Michaud. "Paul Hay du Chastelet". Biographie universelle ancienne et moderne : histoire par ordre alphabétique de la vie publique et privée de tous les hommes avec la collaboration de plus de 300 savants et littérateurs français ou étrangers (in French) (2 ed.).

External links

• Works by or about Paul Hay du Chastelet at Internet Archive
• Notice biographique de l'Académie française