FTP, who is this man, better known for writing the plays upon which Mozart and Rossini based operas, The Marriage of Figaro and The Barber of Seville?
The subject of Goethe's drama Clavigo, at the age of twenty-one this man invented a new type of escapement, enabling him to make a watch which could fit inside a ring, which he presented to Madame de Pompadour.  After marrying a penniless widow, he took the title of her country estate and adopted the motto "Ma Vie est un Combat."  After a dispute with the Marquis de Chaulnes left him penniless, he became a gunrunner for George Washington.  FTP, who is this man, better known for writing the plays upon which Mozart and Rossini based operas, The Marriage of Figaro and The Barber of Seville?
The subject of Goethe's drama Clavigo, at the age of twenty-one this man invented a new type of escapement, enabling him to make a watch which could fit inside a ring, which he presented to Madame de Pompadour.  
Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais