Beaumarchais biography
Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, a man of letters and an adventurer was born in Paris in The son of a clock-maker, Beaumarchais was introduced into society by the banker Pâris-Duverney. Knighted by the King at age 29, Beaumarchais became famous for his plays The Barber of Seville, and later The Marriage of Figaro.