 Denis de Sallo

Denis de Sallo, Sieur de la Coudraye (1626May 14, 1669) was a French writer and lawyer from Paris, known as the founder of the first French, and European literary and scientific journal - the "Journal des sçavans" (later renamed "Journal des savants").De Sallo obtained classical education and was admitted to the Paris bar in 1652, although he later devoted himself to scholarly aspects of the law rather than active practice, serving also as a counsel in the French government.