Gabriel-Marie Legouvé, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Gabriel-Marie Legouvé

French poet

Date of Birth: 23-Jun-1764

Place of Birth: Paris, Île-de-France, France

Date of Death: 30-Aug-1812

Profession: writer, poet, playwright

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Gabriel Marie Jean Baptiste Legouvé (23 June 1764 – 30 August 1812) was an 18th–19th-century French poet and playwright. Legouvé was born and died in Paris, and was the seventh member elected to occupy seat 4 of the Académie française in 1803. Legouvé was the father of Ernest Legouvé (1807–1903), later a member of the Académie française, and son of Jean-Baptiste Legouvé (1729–1783) who wrote the pastoral La Mort d'Abel (1793) and a tragedy Epicharis et Nerón.