Académie Royale de Danse other documents, however, it is clear the number is correctly stated. The identity of the omitted thirteenth member has long been a point of disagreement among dance historians. Gaston Vuillier forwarded Beauchamp as the missing member, while Régine Astier (Kunzel) unabashedly claimed it was Henri Prévost. Both were wrong. The original document signed by King Louis XIV was preserved in the French National Archives, and upon its close inspection in 1997 by scholar Maureen Needham, the thirteenth name was revealed to be “Molière.” Not to be confused with Jean-Baptiste Poquelin Molière (1622-73), the famous playwright of King Louis’ reign responsible
Jean-Baptiste de Milcent in 1795. Familiar with Diderot, d’Alembert and Marie-Thérèse Geoffrin, he composed lyrical tragedies, some of which, such as "Les Deux Statues", had a great success.. He was a member of the Académie des sciences, belles-lettres et arts de Rouen. Jean-Baptiste de Milcent Jean-Baptiste Gabriel Marie de Milcent (28 June 1747, Paris 1833, Paris) was a French playwright and journalist. Raised by the Jesuits, he directed the "Journal d'agriculture" for twenty years. On 5 January 1785, he established the "Journal ou Annales de Normandie", biweekly until 30 Decembre 1789, which he renamed the "Journal de Normandie, ou de Rouen" 18 June