Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle (), sometimes spelled de l'Isle or de Lile (10 May 1760 – 26 June 1836), was a French army officer of the French Revolutionary Wars. He is known for writing the words and music of the "Chant de guerre pour l'armée du Rhin" in 1792, which would later be known as "La Marseillaise" and become the French national anthem. Rouget de Lisle was born at Lons-le-Saunier, reputedly on a market day. His parents lived in the neighbouring village of Montaigu. A plaque was placed at the precise spot of his
Emile Armet de Lisle requested laboratory space in de Lisle's factory for expanding her own chemical work, a request which de Lisle granted. The Curies also gained office space in de Lisle's factory, part of an arrangement which served to help the Curies more effectively organize their work and manage the resources and proceedings of their own laboratory in Paris, the "Laboratoire Curie". Meanwhile, the Curies vouched for the quality of de Lisle’s products, and provided de Lisle with access to the intellectual and physical resources of the "Laboratoire Curie." Specifically, de Lisle used researchers groomed at the "Laboratoire" as technicians to staff and