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Article: Clouet, Jean-François
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Clouet, Jean-Fran
ç
ois
(
b
. Singly, Ardennes, France, 11 November 1751;
d
. Cayenne, French Guiana, 4 July 1801),
chemistry, metallurgy
.
Clouet was the son of Norbert Clouet, a farmer, and the former Marie-Jeanne Tayant. after studying classics at the
coll
è
ge
of Charleville, he took the elementary technical courses at the
É
cole du G
é
nie at M
é
zi
è
res. After several journeys devoted to study he established a pottery works at Singly and experimented with the manufacture of enamels. Although his enterprise had some success, Clouet abandoned it in 1783 in order to become a drawing teacher and a
pr
é
parateur
in physics and chemistry at the
É
cole du G
é
...