Georges Guillet (1624 - 6 April 1705) was a French scholar, writer and actor, also known by his stage name Guillet de Saint-George, which he first took in 1661. He was born in Thiers and was the first person to write a history of the

Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture The Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture (; en, "Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture") was founded in 1648 in Paris, France. It was the premier art institution of France during the latter part of the Ancien Régime until it was abol ...

. He also wrote accounts of travels to the Levant under the pen-name "Sieur de La Guilletière". He died in Paris.

Works

* ''Lacédémone ancienne et nouvelle'', 1676, republished 1979. * ''Arts de l'homme d'épée ou le dictionnaire du gentilhomme'', 1678. Three volumes. In 1705, the 16th French edition was translated into English and refashioned for an English audience; it was published as ''The Gentleman's Dictionary''. * ''Histoire du règne de Mahomet II'', 1681.

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*http://data.bnf.fr/11906420/georges_guillet_de_saint-george/ Members of the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture 17th-century French historians People from Thiers 1625 births 1705 deaths 17th-century French male actors French male stage actors French travel writers {{France-actor-stub