Jean-François de Bourgoing
Jean-François, baron de Bourgoing was a French diplomat, writer and translator. A commander of the Légion d'honneur, he was also a corresponding member of the French Academy of Sciences, a member of the Copenhagen Academy of Sciences, the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts, a foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences from 1810, a knight then a baron de l'Empire, and a knight of the Swedish Order of the Polar Star.Life
Youth
Ambassador to Spain
French Revolution
Negotiations at the camp of Figueres
Trotsky
wrote to Alfred Rosmer from Cádiz on 19 November 1916:
