De La Garde Jacques the elder
Contenu
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Nom
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De La Garde Jacques the elder
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Date de naissance
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pre 1547
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Date de mort
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Post 1583
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Lieu de mort
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Blois
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Couverture temporelle
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mid-16th century
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Biographie
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was the son of Jean I Delagarde (d. before 1552) and, like him, a watch and clock-maker. From c. 1551 he held a royal appointment as 'valet de chambre du Roi (Henri II), and from 1579/80 was 'orlogeur du Roi'. An astrolabe dated 1547 (1) is the earliest production known from his hand and he also made geographical clocks of which three examples have survived (2). Married with Jeanne Perdriau, Delagarde had several children of whom three were also clock-makers. Among makers with whom he is known to have had close contacts was the Chesnon family (qv),3 and he was the brother-in-law of the Protestant lawyer Jean Du Temps (or Dutems, Dutens) who was an active mathematician with an extensive mathematical library.(4).
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Notes biographiques
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1 Sothebey's 30 May 1991 lot 390.
2 Louvre, Paris dated 1551; NMM, Greenwich Ch73/36-374c/ ZAA0070 ex Rosenthal Collection, datted 1552, for which see Dekker 199-200; St Louis Museum, Missouri.
3 Develle 233-4. Fourrier 21.
4 Marr.
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Adresse ; enseigne ; période ; source
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Rue du Puy du Quartier, pr Blois
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Identifiant
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1471
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