Diderot, Denis

Diderot, Denis
b. 1713 Lagnes, Champagne, France
d. 1784 Paris, France
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French editor of the thirty-five-volume Encyclopédie.
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In spite of a Jesuit education, Diderot became a teacher and scholar instead of a lawyer or doctor. He then proceeded to write prolifically, though many of his works ran contrary to government opinion and dictate. In 1727 Ephraim Chambers published the Chambers Encyclopaedia and a Parisian publisher persuaded Diderot and D'Alembert to translate it. The authors quickly moved away from the translation and undertook the great Encyclopédie. Political and philosophical militancy prevented its publication many times and caused the collaboration to fail in 1758. The first volume, written by many authors and edited by Diderot, appeared in 1751, and the last, the thirty-fifth, in 1776. The Encyclopédie is valued because of the accuracy with which the objects are described and illustrated in the folio volumes.
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Bibliography
1751–76, Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers (ed.).
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