Toussaint Rose (; 3 September 1611 – 6 January 1701) was a French court secretary to
Cardinal Mazarin and
Louis XIV of France
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Rose was born in
Provins
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. He was elected the second member to occupy seat 2 of the
Académie française
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in 1675. He died, aged 89, in
Paris
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1611 births
1701 deaths
People from Provins
Members of the Académie Française
French male writers
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