Gabriel Naudé

Gabriel Naudé was a French librarian and scholar. He was a prolific writer who produced works on many subjects including politics, religion, history and the supernatural. An influential work on library science was the 1627 book Advice on Establishing a Library. Naudé was later able to put into practice all the ideas he had put forth in Advice, when he was given the opportunity to build and maintain the Bibliothèque Mazarine, the library of Cardinal Jules Mazarin at Paris.

2 February 1600

Born on the same birth day (2 February): Abba Eban • Carl Airey • Duncan Bannatyne • Evgeny Velikhov • Hwang Seok-jeong • Ieroklis Stoltidis • Isaac Kungwane • John, King of Denmark • Konstantin von Neurath • Libby Purves • Mary Ellis (pilot) • Paul Mescal • Rich Sommer • Roger Williamson • Věra Chytilová • William Borlase