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Abel Foullon

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Engineer and director of a mint

FranceScientistsLived 1513 to 1563 · aged 50
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Abel Foullon was a writer, director of the Mint for Henry II of France and also an engineer to the king of France after Leonardo da Vinci. In 1545 he married Catherine Clouet, the daughter of the portrait painter Jean Clouet and sister of the portrait painter François Clouet.

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Abel Foullon was a writer, director of the Mint for Henry II of France and also an engineer to the king of France after Leonardo da Vinci. In 1545 he married Catherine Clouet, the daughter of the portrait painter Jean Clouet and sister of the portrait painter François Clouet. Their son Benjamin Foullon or Foulon also became a portrait painter and miniaturist.

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France
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Scientists
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Scientist
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deceased
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Lived 1513 to 1563 · aged 50
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