Pierre Beaumarchais
Pierre Beaumarchais was a French playwright, musician, inventor, watchmaker, spy, horticulturist, arms dealer, and revolutionary in both America and France. He rose to prominence in the court of Louis XV, inventing new technology and teaching music. He was also an active revolutionary who advocated on behalf of American independence to the French government. As a writer, he is most famous for writing the three "Figaro" plays.
Beaumarchais was born in Paris in 1732 to a watchmaker, a Huguenot...
