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Crèvecoeur, J. Hector St John de

(1735–1813)

Melvin Yazawa

https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/68590

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Crèvecoeur, J. Hector St John de (1735–1813), writer on America and farmer, was born on 31 January 1735 in Caen, Normandy, and baptized Michel-Guillaume Jean de Crèvecoeur. The son of Guillaume-Augustin Jean de Crèvecoeur, a substantial landowner and member of the provincial nobility, and ...

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date: 11 April 2021

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