Jean Baptiste Gaspard Roux de Rochelle


Jean Baptiste Gaspard Roux de Rochelle was a French geographer, writer, poet and ambassador to the U.S.

Ambassador

Born in Lons-le-Saunier, Roux de Rochelle was head of division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, then was appointed Minister Plenipotentiary of France to Hamburg from 1826 to 1830, then to the United States in Washington, D.C. from 1830 to 1831.

Geographer

He was a member of several learned and literary societies, including the Société de Géographie and of the Société philotechniqne.
Roux de Rochelle died in Paris at approximatively age of 87.

Writer

He wrote several geographical and historical works.