Étienne Delessert (1735-1816)
Étienne Delessert may refer to: *Étienne Delessert (banker) *Étienne Delessert (illustrator) Étienne Delessert (4 January 1941 in Lausanne – 21 April 2024 in Lakeville) was a Swiss self-taught graphic artist and illustrator. He is largely known for his animated series ''Yok-Yok'' and his collaboration with Eugène Ionesco, on ''Sto ...

Étienne Delessert (banker)
Étienne Delessert (30 April 1735 - 18 June 1816) was a French banker, insurer and industrialist. His family was Calvinist and was exiled from France around 1685 after the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes The Edict of Fontainebleau (18 October 1685, published 22 October 1685) was an edict issued by French King Louis XIV and is also known as the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes. The Edict of Nantes (1598) had granted Huguenots the right to pra .... Several members of his family returned to France in 1735. He was born in Lyon. Aged 20 he was put in charge of the trading house which his father had set up in Lyon. He based himself in Paris from 1777 and died there. Businesspeople from Lyon French industrialists French bankers 1735 births 1816 deaths {{France-business-bio-stub ...
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