When did Frère Jacques die? disputed

Positions

1. 1714

   Riches gives 7 December 1714; the BAUS museum gives 1714.

   Sources

   1. Riches 1967, The history of lithotomy and lithotrity (Arnott Demonstration, RCS) Secondary
   2. BAUS Virtual Museum: Jacques de Beaulieu Museum or society dead link

2. 1719

   Ganem and Carson give 1719.

   Sources

   1. Ganem and Carson 1999, Frère Jacques Beaulieu: from rogue lithotomist to nursery rhyme character (J Urol 161) Secondary

3. 1720

   English Wikipedia gives 1720.

   Sources

   1. English Wikipedia, Jacques Beaulieu (death given as 1720) Secondary

Evidence

Three years appear in the sources the kit read, and none was checked against a parish or burial record.

Current standing

Unsettled. "Died in the 1710s" or "1714 (some say 1719)" is safe. The film needs only "decades after his death", which holds for any of the three.

All sources