G.-H. (Guillaume-Hyacinthe) Bougeant

Born in Quimper, Brittany, on November 4, 1690, Guillaume-Hyacinthe Bougeant was a French Jesuit writer, historian, and dramatist. He entered the Society of Jesus in 1706 and went on to teach the classics at Jesuit colleges in Caen and Nevers before spending later years in Paris.

Bougeant wrote across several genres, which helps explain why he still stands out among eighteenth-century religious authors. He is especially known for historical writing on the Thirty Years' War and the Peace of Westphalia, as well as for Amusement philosophique sur le langage des bêtes, a witty and provocative work that caused trouble for him and reportedly led to a brief exile from Paris.

Alongside history and polemics, he also wrote for the theater, giving his work an unusual mix of scholarship, argument, and dramatic flair. He died in Paris in 1743.