Paul Hay du Chastelet

Paul Hay du Chastelet (November 1592 – 26 April 1636) was a French magistrate, orator and writer. His brother Daniel Hay du Chastelet de Chambon was a mathematician.

Biography

Du Chastelet was born at Laval, a member of the ancient house of Hay in Brittany. He became a councillor in 1616 and Advocate-General of the Parliament of Brittany in 1618.

References

"Paul Hay du Chastelet", in Louis Gabriel Michaud, Biographie universelle ancienne et moderne : histoire par ordre alphabétique de la vie publique et privée de tous les hommes avec la collaboration de plus de 300 savants et littérateurs français ou étrangers, 2nd edition, 1843–1865

External links

Académie française Seat 20

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 17249738 LCCN: n86113599 ISNI: 0000 0000 7971 1489 GND: 128415533 SUDOC: 029228255 BNF: cb120898323 (data)

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