The Abbé Jean-Paul Bignon, Cong.Orat. was a French ecclesiastic, statesman, writer and preacher and librarian to King Louis XIV. His protégé, Joseph Pitton de Tournefort, named the genus Bignonia after him in 1694.

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Occupation: librarian, Catholic priest, regular priest
Position held: abbot, president of the French Academy of Sciences, Member of the Académie française, president of the French Academy of Sciences
Citizenship: France
Born: September 19, 1662
Died: March 14, 1743

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Jean-Paul Bignon

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About Jean-Paul Bignon

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Occupation: librarian, Catholic priest, regular priest
Position held: abbot, president of the French Academy of Sciences, Member of the Académie française, president of the French Academy of Sciences
Citizenship: France
Born: September 19, 1662
Died: March 14, 1743