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Gilles Filleau des Billettes (1634 - 15 August 1720) was a scholar, member of the Académie des Sciences who corresponded with Leibniz. His personal copy of one of Leibniz's mathematical papers was rediscovered in 1956.
Gilles was born at Poitiers in 1634 into a Calvinist family, the youngest son of Nicolas Filleau des Billettes and his wife, Françoise Béliard, who was described by Louis Moréri as being from one of the most noble houses in the region. He moved with his brothers to Paris, where he lived most of his life. He formed part of the Bignon Commission which worked towards the establishment of the Descriptions of the Arts and Trades .
He married twice, but the name of only one wife is known: Françoise Sicard, who died on 24 April 1671 in Poitiers.
His brother, François Filleau de St Martin, was famous for making the first French translation of Don Quixote.
Gilles had one more brother, Jean Filleau de la Chaise, and sisters Françoise (who married Jean de la Lande, "seigneur de Lavau" [1] ), Marie, and possibly Catherine (who married John Chabusant).
Louis Pierre Manuel was a French writer and political figure of the Revolution.
Louis-Sébastien Mercier was a French dramatist and writer.
Charles Sorel, sieur de Souvigny was a French novelist and general writer.
Louis-Guillaume Le Monnier was a French natural scientist and contributor to the Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers.
Charles Cotin or Abbé Cotin was a French abbé, philosopher and poet. He was made a member of the Académie française on 7 January 1655.
Jean-Antoine de Mesmes, comte d'Avaux was a premier president of the Parlement of Paris and member of the Académie française. As premier president he presided at the rescinding of the testament of Louis XIV and at the remonstrance against the king in 1720, at the occasion of Law's disastrous financial scheme and the appointment of Guillaume Dubois as archbishop of Cambrai.
Louis Bazin was a French orientalist.
Guillaume Vandive was a French printer and bookseller. He was a master tradesman under the auspices of the Dauphin of France. Vandive's premises was on the rue Saint-Jacques, Paris. His trade mark was the "Crowned Dolphin". Vandive published books in French and Latin on the topics of Jansenist theology, trade and travel. After his death at age 26, Vandive's business was continued by Nicolas Simart who married Vandive's widow. Family discord and legal actions ensued.
Jean-Jacques de Mesmes, comte d'Avaux (1630–1688) was a French magistrate, intendant of Soissons, and Président à mortier of the Parlement of Paris. He developed the town of Avaux-la-Ville, which is now known as Asfeld. He was a member of the Académie française. He was the father of Jean-Antoine de Mesmes, premier president of the Parlement of Paris.
Nicolas Perrot d'Ablancourt was a French translator of the Greek and Latin classics into French and a member of the Académie française.
Claude Gros de Boze was a French scholar and numismatist.
Nicolas de Malézieu was a French intellectual, Greek scholar and mathematician.
Charles-Antoine Jombert was a French bookseller and publisher.
Not to be confused with Jean-Baptiste de La Valette, captain in the Régiment de Normandie, killed in 1674 at the siege of Grave.
Jean-Baptiste François Rozier was a French botanist and agronomist.
François Parfaict, was an 18th-century French theatre historian. His brother was Claude Parfaict (1701–1777), also a theatre historian.
Nicolas Lenglet Du Fresnoy was a French scholar, historian, geographer, philosopher and bibliographer of alchemy.
Louis-Anne La Virotte was an 18th-century French physician and encyclopédiste.
Marguerite-Philippe du Cambout was a French noblewoman.
Joseph Privat de Molières was a French physicist and mathematician, a member of the Académie des sciences and professor at the Collège royal.
