Etan Boritzer
Etan Boritzer( born 1950) is an American writer of children ’s literature who is best known for his book" What is God?" first published in 1989.
His best selling" What is?" illustrated children's book series on character education and difficult subjects for children is a popular teaching guide for parents, teachers and child- life professionals.
Boritzer gained national critical acclaim after" What is God?" was published in 1989 although the book has caused controversy from religious fundamentalists for its universalist views.
The other current books in the" What is?" series include
What is Love?,
What is Death?,
What is Beautiful?,
What is Funny?,
What is Right?,
What is Peace?,
What is Money?,
What is Dreaming?,
What is a Friend?,
What is True?,
What is a Family?,
What is a Feeling?"
The series is now also translated into 15 languages.
Boritzer was first published in 1963 at the age of 13 when he wrote an essay in his English class at Wade Junior High School in the Bronx, New York on the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
His essay was included in a special anthology by New York City public school children compiled and published by the New York City Department of Education.
Boritzer now lives in Venice, California and maintains his publishing office there also.
He has helped numerous other authors to get published through" How to Get Your Book Published!" programs.
Boritzer is also a yoga teacher who teaches regular classes locally and guest- teaches nationally.
He is also recognized nationally as an erudite speaker on" The Teachings of the Buddha."
Jean-Baptiste Colbert
Jean-Baptiste Colbert (29 August 1619 – 6 September 1683) was a French politician who served as the Minister of Finances of France from 1661 to 1683 under the rule of King Louis XIV.
Colbert worked to develop the domestic economy by raising tariffs and by encouraging major public works projects, and to ensure that the French East India Company had access to foreign markets, so that they could always obtain coffee, cotton, dyewoods, fur, pepper and sugar.
Colbert worked to create a favourable balance of trade and increase France's colonial holdings.
As there was slavery in the colonies, Colbert also drafted the "Code Noir" which was to be promulgated two years after his death.
In addition, Colbert founded the French merchant marine.
Colbert's market reforms included the foundation of the "Manufacture royale de glaces de miroirs" in 1665 to supplant the importation of Venetian glass (forbidden in 1672, as soon as the French glass manufacturing industry was on sound footing) and to encourage the technical expertise of Flemish cloth manufacturing in France.
He also founded royal tapestry works at Gobelins and supported those at Beauvais.
Colbert issued more than 150 edicts to regulate the guilds.
(One such law had the intention of improving the quality of cloth.
The edict declared that if the authorities found a merchant's cloth unsatisfactory on three separate occasions, they were to tie him to a post with the cloth attached to him.)
Charles-Joachim Colbert de Croissy
Charles- Joachim Colbert de Croissy( 11 June 1667 – 8 April 1738) was a bishop of Montpellier from 1697.
He was a son of Charles Colbert, marquis de Croissy and a nephew of Jean- Baptiste Colbert .< br>
As an ardent Jansenist he had père François- Aimé Pouget edit the noted" Catéchisme de Montpellier".
His writings were condemned by Rome.
He was also part of the' Appelant' movement alongside Jean Soanen, Pierre de La Broue and Pierre de Langle, calling for a church council to discuss the papal bull" Unigenitus".
Jean-Baptiste d'Ornano
Jean- Baptiste d' Ornano, Marquis de( 1581- 1626) was a French nobleman and Marshal of France( 1626).
Thomas Scott (diver)
Thomas Scott( 1907- date of death unknown) was an English diver.
Jean-Louis Bergeret
Jean- Louis Bergeret( 11 December 1641, Paris – 9 October 1694) was an early holder of the 8th seat of the Académie française.
Bergeret was Advocate General to the Metz Parliament in 1672, and became the first deputy of Charles Colbert, marquis de Croissy, the Secretary of State and younger brother of Jean Baptiste Colbert, and then the King's Cabinet Secretary.
When Bergeret was presented for election to the Academy, he had the support of all of the Colbert family, against Gilles Ménage, by then an octogenarian, who though much more senior had previously displeased the Academy with his(" Requirements for Dictionaries").
Bergeret was elected on 4 December 1684 to replace Géraud de Cordemoy, who had killed himself in October of that year, and was received on 2 January 1685 by Jean Racine, the same day as Thomas Corneille.
Little is known of him beyond his election and acceptance speech, and that he received into the Academy François- Timoléon de Choisy and François Fénelon.
The Abbé d' Olivet remarked" Nobody knows how he got through the doors of the Academy".
He left no writing nor, it seems, anything memorable to his contemporaries.
Charles Colbert, marquis de Croissy
Charles Colbert, marquis de Croissy( 1625 – July 28, 1696) was a French statesman and diplomat.
Jean-Baptiste Colbert, Marquis de Seignelay
Jean-Baptiste Antoine Colbert, Marquis de Seignelay (1 November 1651 – 3 November 1690) was a French politician.
He was the eldest son of Jean-Baptiste Colbert, nephew of Charles Colbert de Croissy and cousin of Jean-Baptiste Colbert de Torcy.
Theodred II (Bishop of Elmham)
Theodred II was a medieval Bishop of Elmham.
The date of Theodred's consecration unknown, but the date of his death was sometime between 995 and 997.
Nicolas-Hubert de Mongault
Nicolas-Hubert Mongault (6 October 1674 – 11 August 1746
Paris, France) was a French ecclesiastic and writer.
He was born to Gilbert Colbert, Marquis de Saint-Pounage.

Question: When did Jean-Baptiste Colbert, Marquis De Seignelay's father die?
Answer: 6 September 1683