1. Boarding at Bossey

    · Bossey, Kingdom of France

    Boarding at Bossey
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    After his father left Geneva, Rousseau was sent to board with the Calvinist minister Lambercier at Bossey, where he studied mathematics and drawing. The source calls Bossey a hamlet outside Geneva; the year follows the documented departure of Rousseau’s father when Rousseau was ten.

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