Article: Clouet, Jean-François

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 ...

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