Talk:Bernard Palissy
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[edit] Just what did he achieve?
I did my primary education in France several decades ago. Bernard Palissy was mentioned in social studies to drive home the point "if at first you don't succeed, try again." The textbook claimed that Palissy became obsessed with the idea of imitating Chinese porcelain, and he struggled so long and hard towards this goal that he was reduced to fueling his kiln with his house furniture before finally succeeding. The entry, based on the Britannica, states that Palissy never succeeded in making imitation china, and that western Europe of his day knew how to make fairly elaborate enameled china. He achieved some sort of success but we are not clearly told what it was. Until I encountered this entry, I had no idea that the elderly Palissy was a very early natural historian of sorts. A sort of Renaissance man, evidently.
Is his autobiography in print? Translated into English?202.36.179.65 02:56, 30 September 2007 (UTC)
