PIERRE

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• PIERRE DESMAISEAUX (1673–1745); French writer, was born at Saillat, probably in 1673. His father, a minister of the reformed church, had to leave France on the revocation of the edict of Nantes, and took refuge in Geneva, where Pierre was educated. Bayle

DESMAISEAUX (1673–1745);

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• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French writer, was

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• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Saillat, probably in 1673. His

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• FATHER

father, a

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• MINISTER (Lat. minister, servant)

minister of the reformed

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• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church, had to leave

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• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France on the revocation of the

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• EDICT (Lat. edictum, from e, out, and dicere, to say, speak)

edict of

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• NANTES
• NANTES, EDICT OF

Nantes, and took

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• REFUGE

refuge in

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• GENEVA
• GENEVA (Fr. Geneve, Ger. Genf, Ital. Ginevra, Late Lat. Gebenna, though Genava in good Latin)
• GENEVA, LAKE OF

Geneva, where Pierre was educated.

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• BAYLE, PIERRE (1647-1706)

Bayle  gave him an introduction to the 3rd Lord Shaftesbury, with whom, in 1699, he came to England, where he engaged in literary work . He remained in close touch with the religious refugees in England and Holland, and constantly in correspondence with the leading continental savants and writers, who were in the habit of employing him to conduct such business as they might have in England . In 1720 he was elected a fellow of the Royal Society . Among his works are Vie de St Evremond (1711), Vie de Boileau-Despreaux (1712), Vie de Bayle (1930) . He also took an active part in preparing the Bibliothbque raisonnee des ouvrages de l'Europe (1728-1753), and the Bibliotheque britannique (1733-1747), and edited a selection of St Evremond's writings (1706) . Part of Desmaiseaux's correspondence is pre-served in the British Museum, and other letters are in the royal library at Copenhagen . He died on the lath of July 1745 .