[TheForge] Re: Jean Tijou screens

[Mike Spencer]

> I found out recently that the friend I went to college with (Steve
> Tijou) is a direct ancestor of Jean Tijou. How cool is that?!?

Er, um, unless you accept Dan Tull's correction, that is *STUPENDOUSLY*
cool! :-)

But even as "descendent", that's pretty good.  Although I haven't
really made a study of it, all the mentions I've seen say Jean Tijou
faded into obscurity after his work in England and nobody knows what
happened to him.  But I see your friend Steve and his dad have web
pages detailing the family tree.  Cool!

Stephenson's Baroque Cycle is probably my favorite book(s) of all time
(possibly excluding other books by the same author) but I was a bit
miffed that Newton & Leibnitz got starring roles, Robert Hooke got a
lot of lines and Christopher Wren had a couple of walk-ons but Tijou,
(who was doing the Hampton Court screens and major iron for Wren in
St. Pauls at the same time) got no mention.  Ho hum.  I know,
picky-picky.


- Mike

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