Peter Stephen Du Ponceau
French linguist and philosopher
Peter Stephen Du Ponceau was a French-American linguist, philosopher, and jurist. After emigrating to the colonies in 1777, he served in the American Revolutionary War. Afterward, he settled in Philadelphia, where he lived the remainder of his... Wikipedia
Born: June 3, 1760, Saint-Martin-de-Ré, France
Died: April 1, 1844 (age 83 years), Philadelphia, PA
Books: A Correspondence Between the Rev. John Heckewelder, of Bethlehem, and Peter S. Duponceau, Esq. Corresponding Secretary of the Historical and Literary Committee of the American Philosophical Society, Respecting the Languages of the American Indians, A Grammar of the Massachusetts Indian Language ... a New Edition with Notes and Observations by P.S. Du Ponceau ... and an Introduction and Supplementary Observations by J. Pickering. As Published in the Massachusetts Historical Collection, Eulogium in Commemoration of ... W. Tilghman, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania ... Delivered ... October 11, 1827, and more