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Francis Maximilian Misson

Header: Francis Maximilian Misson
Also known as: Francis Maximilian Misson; primary name: Misson, Francis Maximilian; other name: Misson, François Maximilien
Details: individual; author/poet; French; Male
Life dates: c.1650-1722
Biography: Misson was born in Lyons, son of Jaques Misson (1619 - after 1695). He was a traveller, an author and at the start he became a judge in the 'chamber of the edict' in the parlement of Paris. With his family they moved to London in 1687. He was employed as a tutor of Charles Butler, son of the first duke of Ormond. With him they undertook a Grand Tour, going through Germany and then visiting all the major cities of Italy. At the end of their trip Misson when to The Hague in 1691 to publish the "Nouveau voyage d'ltalie, avec un mémoire contenant des avis utiles à ceux qui voudront faire le mesme voyage", a work written in the form of letters, which was used for the following fifty years as a guide to Italy. He was actively involved throughout his life in the affairs of the Franch church in London, promoting the ‘French prophets’ of the Cévennes, especially through his written works. Other works by Misson are: "Mémoires et observations faites par un voyageur en Angleterre … avec une description particulière de ce qu'il y a de plus curieux dans Londres" (The Hague, 1698); "Thèâtre Sacré des Cévennes, ou, Recit des prodiges arrivés dans cette partie du Languedoc" (1707), translated in English by John Lacy, and "A new voyage to the East-Indies by Francis Leguate and his companions containing their adventures on two desert islands (1708)". Misson died unmarried in London on 12 January 1722 and was buried at St Anne, Westminster.
Bibliography: ODNB

2 related objects

print; costume print

Title: Le doge de genes Nouveau voyage d'Italie avec un mémoire contenant |
Museum number: 1873,0809.1407 |
Producer name: Published by:Willem van de WaterPublished by:Jacob van Poolsum |
Production date: 1722 |
Production place: Published in:Utrecht (city)

print; album

Title: Nouveau voyage d'Italie avec un mémoire contenant des avis utiles à ceux qui voudront faire le mesme |
Museum number: 1873,0809.1372-1406 |
Producer name: Published by:Willem van de WaterPublished by:Jacob van Poolsum |
Production date: 1722 |
Production place: Published in:Utrecht (city)

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