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About Philibert Babou
Philibert Babou was a cryptographer and minister of finance for Francis I. Mayor of Tours in 1520, he was appointed trésorier in 1523, with powers to collect and distribute much of the king's revenue. His son Jean Babou became the Grand Master of Artillery.
Everything about Philibert Babou →- Occupation
- politician, Inspecteur général des finances
- Position held
- mayor of Tours, Superintendent of Finances
- Citizenship
- France
- Born
- 1484
- Died
- September 1557