Jean Chardin, known as Sir John Chardin in England, was a French jeweller, traveller and writer, who emigrated to England in 1681, at the age of 37. His ten-volume book The Travels of Sir John Chardin is regarded as one of the finest works of early Western scholarship on Safavid Iran and the Near East in general.
Also inDeutsch
Photos 4
Awards 2
Connected to Jean 5
Writers from France 1
About this person
Country
FranceCategory
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1643 to 1713 · aged 69
Written about in
21 languages
Fame.am measures public visibility signals. It does not measure human value, talent, morality, or credibility.