Jean Rousset de Missy (Laon, 26 August 1686 – Uithoorn?, 13 August 1762) was a French Huguenot writer, from early in life in the Netherlands. He was a renowned historian and author on international law and a prolific journalist. Born in Laon from Protestant parents (Jean Rousset and Rachel Cottin), he studied at the Collège du Plessis in Paris. After a conflict with his stepmother he joined the Dutch States Army during the War of the Spanish Succession and was present at the Battle of Malplaquet (1709). In 1724 (after having founded and led a school for aristocratic boys in The Hague), he started his activities as a professional journalist.[1]
- ^ (Dutch) A.J. van der Aa, Biographisch woordenboek der Nederlanden. Deel 16. J.J. van Brederode, Haarlem 1874, pp. 510-511