Jacques Robbe

Jacques Robbe (1643–1721) was a French engineer and geographer. He also wrote plays under the pseudonym Barquebois.^[1]

Life

Born in Soissons, Robbe was educated as a lawyer.^[2] He became royal geographer, publishing a treatise on geography in 1678, which was translated into Turkish by Petros Baronian, the interpreter for the Dutch embassy in Istanbul.^[3]

Robbe died in Paris in 1721.^[4]

Works

Methode pour apprendre facilement la geographie: dediée a monseigneur le duc du Mayne, 2 vols., 1678
(as M. de Barqubois) La rapinière, ou l'interessé: comédie, 1683
La femme testvë, ou, Le medecin Holandois: comedie, 1686
Les hazards du jeu de l'hombre, 1700

References

^ Yves Lamy; Jean Wirtz (2008). Les anagrammes littéraires: pseudonymes et cryptonymes. Belin. p. 52. ISBN 978-2-7011-4714-7. Retrieved 13 January 2013.
^ Jacques Robbe. Accessed 13 January 2013.
^ George Vlahakis (2006). Imperialism And Science: Social Impact And Interaction. ABC-CLIO. p. 86. ISBN 978-1-85109-673-2. Retrieved 13 January 2013.
^ Henry Carrington Lancaster (1940). A History of French Dramatic Literature in the Seventeenth Century: The period of Racine, 1673-1700. Vol. 2. Johns Hopkins Press. p. 519. Retrieved 13 January 2013.

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[LamyWirtz2008-1] Yves Lamy; Jean Wirtz (2008). Les anagrammes littéraires: pseudonymes et cryptonymes. Belin. p. 52. ISBN 978-2-7011-4714-7. Retrieved 13 January 2013.

[2] Jacques Robbe. Accessed 13 January 2013.

[Vlahakis2006-3] George Vlahakis (2006). Imperialism And Science: Social Impact And Interaction. ABC-CLIO. p. 86. ISBN 978-1-85109-673-2. Retrieved 13 January 2013.

[Lancaster1940-4] Henry Carrington Lancaster (1940). A History of French Dramatic Literature in the Seventeenth Century: The period of Racine, 1673-1700. Vol. 2. Johns Hopkins Press. p. 519. Retrieved 13 January 2013.

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