Sébastien Bigot de Morogues
Encyclopedia
Sébastien-François Bigot, vicomte de Morogues, (1 March 1706, Brest, France
- 26 August 1781, Villefallier, near Orléans
, Loiret
), was a French soldier and sailor and military naval tactician.
. In 1759, he commanded the 70 gun Le Magnifique, including at the Battle of Quiberon Bay
. He was the first director of the Académie de Marine
. In 1763, he published Tactique navale, which was of such quality that it quickly became known in English and Dutch translations. He was made a lieutenant-general in the Navy in 1771.
s on naval construction, crews' health, manoeuvres and artillery presented to the Académie de marine or the Académie des sciences. With Duhamel du Monceau he also conceived of a project for an encyclopaedia of maritime knowledge"
Brest, France
Brest is a city in the Finistère department in Brittany in northwestern France. Located in a sheltered position not far from the western tip of the Breton peninsula, and the western extremity of metropolitan France, Brest is an important harbour and the second French military port after Toulon...
- 26 August 1781, Villefallier, near Orléans
Orléans
-Prehistory and Roman:Cenabum was a Gallic stronghold, one of the principal towns of the Carnutes tribe where the Druids held their annual assembly. It was conquered and destroyed by Julius Caesar in 52 BC, then rebuilt under the Roman Empire...
, Loiret
Loiret
Loiret is a department in north-central FranceThe department is named after the river Loiret, a tributary of the Loire. The Loiret is located wholly within the department.- History :...
), was a French soldier and sailor and military naval tactician.
Life
An artillery specialist, he served in the Royal-Artillerie then the French NavyFrench Navy
The French Navy, officially the Marine nationale and often called La Royale is the maritime arm of the French military. It includes a full range of fighting vessels, from patrol boats to a nuclear powered aircraft carrier and 10 nuclear-powered submarines, four of which are capable of launching...
. In 1759, he commanded the 70 gun Le Magnifique, including at the Battle of Quiberon Bay
Battle of Quiberon Bay
The naval Battle of Quiberon Bay took place on 20 November 1759 during the Seven Years' War in Quiberon Bay, off the coast of France near St. Nazaire...
. He was the first director of the Académie de Marine
Académie de Marine
The Royal Naval Academy of France was founded at Brest by a ruling of 31 July 1752 by Antoine Louis de Rouillé, comte de Jouy, Secretary of State for the Navy...
. In 1763, he published Tactique navale, which was of such quality that it quickly became known in English and Dutch translations. He was made a lieutenant-general in the Navy in 1771.
Works
"Granted a vast curiosity, he was the author of several scientific mémoireMémoire
In French culture, the word mémoire, as in un mémoire is used for a piece of writing allowing the author to show his or her opinion on a given subject, logically approaching a series of facts in order to arrive at a recommendation or conclusion...
s on naval construction, crews' health, manoeuvres and artillery presented to the Académie de marine or the Académie des sciences. With Duhamel du Monceau he also conceived of a project for an encyclopaedia of maritime knowledge"
- Bigot de Morogues, Tactique Navale, 1763.