Jean Rousset de Missy
Jean Rousset de Missy (
Laon, 26 August 1686 –
Uithoorn?, 13 August 1762) was a French
Huguenot writer, from early in life in the Netherlands. He was a renowned historian and author on international law and a prolific journalist. Born in Laon from Protestant parents (Jean Rousset and Rachel Cottin), he studied at the
Collège du Plessis in Paris. After a conflict with his stepmother he joined the
Dutch States Army during the
War of the Spanish Succession and was present at the
Battle of Malplaquet (1709). In 1724 (after having founded and led a school for aristocratic boys in
The Hague), he started his activities as a professional journalist.
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