Pierre Daunou

French statesman, author, archivist and historian

Pierre Claude François Daunou (French pronunciation: [pjɛʁ klod fʁɑ̃swa donu]; 18 August 1761 – 20 June 1840) was a French statesman of the French Revolution and Empire. An author and historian, he served as the nation's archivist under both the Empire and the Restoration, contributed a volume to the Histoire littéraire de la France, and published more than twenty volumes of lectures he delivered when he held the chair of history and ethics at the Collège de France.

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