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 Drouet (French revolutionary) the island, in 1797; he later visited India. He returned to France without being prosecuted, and took his seat in the Council with the Neo-Jacobins (who were trying to revive the Jacobin Club). By the First Empire, he had become a "sub-préfet" of Sainte-Menehould. After the Second Restoration in 1815, he was compelled to leave France after being deemed ""regicide"", but, returning secretly, he settled at Mâcon, under the name of Merger, and kept his identity hidden until his death. Jean-Baptiste Drouet (French revolutionary) Jean-Baptiste Drouet (January 8, 1763April 11, 1824) was a French politician of the 1789 Revolution, chiefly