Guy Tachard

Father Guy Tachard
Father Guy Tachard (1651–1712), drawn by Carlo Maratta.[1]
Personal
Born1651
Marthon, France
Died1712 (aged 60–61)
Chandernagor, India
ReligionRoman Catholic
Other namesPère Tachard
Senior posting
Based inKingdom of Siam
Chevalier de Chaumont with the Jesuits presents a letter from Louis XIV to King Narai, in 1685.
Second voyage du pere Tachard et des Jesuites envoyes par le roy (1689)

Guy Tachard (French: [gi taʃaʁ]; 1651 – 1712), also known as Père Tachard, was a French Jesuit missionary and mathematician of the 17th century, who was sent on two occasions to the Kingdom of Siam by Louis XIV. He was born in Marthon, near Angoulême.

In 1680, Tachard went to the Caribbean (Antilles) with Jean II d'Estrées.

Tachard was involved in embassies to Siam, which came as responses to embassies sent by the Siamese King Narai to France in order to obtain an alliance against the Dutch.[2]

  1. ^ Smithies, p.82
  2. ^ Gunn p. 188