Joseph-François Lafitau (1681–1764)

VIAF: 54254915 • XML JSON RAW

Biographical data

1681 668 Born in Bordeaux
1695 668 Entered the Society of Jesus in Bordeaux
1696 208 Entered the Society of Jesus
1764 668 Died in Bordeaux

Education

1698 – 1791 668 Studied philosophy, rhetoric in Pau
1707 – 1711 668 Studied philosophy, theology in Paris , La Flèche , Poitiers

Career

1701 – 1707 668 Teacher of grammar in Pau , Limoges , Saintes, Charente-Maritime
1701 – 1707 668 Teacher of literae humaniores in Pau , Saintes, Charente-Maritime
1711 – 1712 668 Teacher of rhetoric in Bordeaux
1727 – 1729 668 Missionary in Canada
668 Occupied himself with ethnology

Miscellaneous

668 Lafiteau worked with and was interested in the Iroquois natives and was first shown the ginseng plant by them

Alternate names

Joseph François Lafitau

May include data from viaf.org

Related subjects

Philosophy Rhetoric Theology Grammar Literae humaniores Ethnology

Sources

208 Sommervogel, Carlos (Ed., Reprint 1960): Bibliothèque de la Compagnie de Jésus. Tome IV.
668 Toupin, R. (2001): “Lafiteau, Joseph-François”. In: Diccionario histórico de la Compañía de Jesús. Ed. by Charles O'Neill, Universidad Pontifica Comillas, Madrid, pp. 2258-2259.

Recommended Citation

Joseph-François Lafitau (1681–1764). In: Jesuit Science Network, version 03/11/2018. URL: http://jsn.soohwalee.com/p/946/.