Jean Dumont Baron de Carlscroon (13 January 1667 –[citation needed] 13 May 1727) was a French writer and historian.
He followed the profession of arms but, not obtaining promotion so rapidly as he expected, he left the service and travelled through different parts of Europe.
But in the interval, at the request of his bookseller, he wrote and published several pamphlets, which were eagerly sought after, owing to the unceremonious manner in which he treated the ministry of France.
Thus deprived of all hope of employment in his own country, he thought of forming a permanent establishment in Holland, and accordingly commenced a course of lectures on public law.
[1] Dumont was also the author of Lettres historiques contenant ce qui se passe de plus important en Europe.