This religious & political figure created the Academie Francaise in 1635, & it's still around today
The Acadmie franaise sets an official standard of language 
purity; .... a centralization of politics, media and cultural production in and around 
Paris... [DOC] [TLE] Samuel de Champlain - Wikipedia [PAR] Samuel de Champlain The Father of New France", was a French navigator, 
cartographer, draughtsman, soldier, explorer, geographer, ethnologist, diplomat, 
and chronicler.