Jacques Antoine Hippolyte, Comte de Guibert

Jacques Antoine Hippolyte

Comte de Guibert
Born(1743-11-12)12 November 1743
Montauban, France
Died6 May 1790(1790-05-06) (aged 46)
Paris, France
LanguageFrench
NationalityFrench

Jacques-Antoine-Hippolyte, Comte de Guibert (12 November 1743 – 6 May 1790) was a French general and military writer. Born at Montauban, he accompanied his father in wars before he became a general himself. In 1770, he published an essay on tactics which was very influential in his time.