Thevenot, Jean Felicite Coulin de

ID
2761
Nationality
French
Occupation
Nurse
Inventor
Summary
Hard of hearing. Devised a system of stenography for both French and Russian; after the French Revolution, unable to work as a stenographer due to his deafness, became a nurse in the French army; wounded and captured at the battle of Leipzig; died while imprisoned in Sabata, near Prague.
References
We Have Overcome, p.42-44.
Dates
1755-1814