wikiquote Theodore N. Ted Pappas is the current executive editor of Encyclop dia Britannica . Earlier he was managing editor of the paleoconservative magazine Chronicles magazine Chronicles A Magazine of American Culture . He has also written Plagiarism and the Culture War The Writings of Martin Luther King Jr. and Other Prominent Americans . References http corporate.britannica.com press releases new site.html EB corporate site mentioning Pappas Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Pappas, Ted ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Pappas, Ted Category Encyclop dia Britannica Category American book editors Category Year of birth missing living people Category Living people Category American encyclopedists US academic bio stub pt Theodore Pappas ... more details
The Reverend James Wood was the editor of The Nuttall Encyclopaedia . According to the title page of the encyclopedia, Wood was also the editor of Nuttall s Standard Dictionary and the compiler of The Nuttall Dictionary of Quotations . References Nuttall Wood, James. http books.google.com books?id EcPAAAAQAAJ The Nuttall Encyclopaedia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge . London F.Warne, 1920. http books.google.com books?id EcPAAAAQAAJ&pg PA182 Dates of Epoch Making Events . Wood,James. The Nuttall Dictionary of Quotations From Ancient and Modern,English and Foreign Sources. New edition Compiled by A.L.Haydon, with Supplement. London F.Warne, 1930. Editor owned copy External links gutenberg author id Rev. James Wood name Rev. James Wood DEFAULTSORT Wood, James Category British encyclopedists UK writer stub editor stub ... more details
Refimprove date January 2007 Dimitrie Alexandresco variant spelling of last name Alexandrescu 4 October 1850 in Ia i &ndash 1925 was a Romania n Encyclop distes encyclopedist . The Center for Institutional Analysis and Development in Bucharest offers a scholarship honoring him. The Dimitrie Alexandresco Scholarship is designed for Law School Graduates and students of The National Institute of Magistracy. ref http www.gesis.org en publications magazines newsletter eastern europe nl064 nl2006 4.pdf Newsletter , at gesis.org ref References references Persondata NAME Alexandresco, Dimitrie ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION Encyclopaedist DATE OF BIRTH 4 October 1850 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1925 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Alexandresco, Dimitrie Category Encyclopedists Category People from Ia i Category 1850 births Category 1925 deaths Romania writer stub ... more details
Gaetano De Sanctis 15 October 1870 9 April 1957 was an Italy Italian historian and lifetime senator 1950 1957 . He was president of the Istituto dell Enciclopedia Italiana Treccani from 1947 to 1954. Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME De Sanctis, Gaetano ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 15 October 1870 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 9 April 1957 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT De Sanctis, Gaetano Category 1870 births Category 1957 deaths Category Italian historians Category Encyclopedists Category Italian Life Senators Italy politician stub Italy historian stub de Gaetano De Sanctis it Gaetano De Sanctis no Gaetano De Sanctis pl Gaetano De Sanctis ... more details
Expand Lithuanian date March 2009 Vytenis Rimkus Vytenis Rimkus born January 17, 1930 ref http www.mokslai.lt referatai referatas 18413.html Mokslai ref is a Lithuania n Painting painter and encyclopedist . References reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Rimkus, Vytenis ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH January 17, 1930 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Rimkus, Vytenis Category Lithuanian painters Category Lithuanian encyclopedists Category 1930 births Category Living people Lithuania painter stub lt Vytenis Rimkus ... more details
Orphan date April 2012 Expand Polish Adam Bromberg date April 2012 Adam Bromberg 1912 1993 was a Poland Polish publisher. Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Bromberg, Adam ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1912 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1993 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Bromberg, Adam Category 1912 births Category 1993 deaths Category Encyclopedists Category Polish publishers people Category Swedish businesspeople Poland bio stub pl Adam Bromberg sv Adam Bromberg ... more details
Jean Baptiste de La Chapelle c.1710 1792, Paris was a French priest, mathematician and inventor. He contributed 270 articles to the Encyclop die in the subjects of arithmetic and geometry . In June, 1747 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of London. ref cite web url http www2.royalsociety.org DServe dserve.exe?dsqIni Dserve.ini&dsqApp Archive&dsqCmd Show.tcl&dsqDb Persons&dsqPos 0&dsqSearch 28Surname 3D 27chapelle 27 29 title Library and Archive Catalogue publisher Royal Society accessdate 22 December 2020 ref He was the inventor of a primitive diving suit in 1775, which he called a scaphandre from the Greek words skaphe boat and andros man in his book Trait de la construction th orique et pratique du scaphandre ou du bateau de l homme Treatise on the theoretical and practical construction of the Scaphandre or human boat . The invention of the Abb de la Chapelle consisted of a suit made of cork which allowed soldiers to float and swim in water. As the name and description suggest it was more of a flotation suit than a diving suit. Sources reflist Frank Arthur Kafker, The encyclopedists as individuals a biographical dictionary of the authors of the Encyclop die , Oxford, Studies on Voltaire and the eighteenth Century, 1988, p. 181 4, ISBN 0 7294 0368 8. Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Chapelle, Jean Baptiste De La ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1710 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1792 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Chapelle, Jean Baptiste De La Category 1710 births Category 1792 deaths Category French encyclopedists Category French mathematicians Category Fellows of the Royal Society de Jean Baptiste de La Chapelle fr Jean Baptiste de La Chapelle it Jean Baptiste de La Chapelle ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Paul Daniel Longolius November 1, 1704 February 24, 1779 was the main editor of volumes 3 through 18 of Johann Heinrich Zedler s Grosses vollst ndiges Universal Lexicon an early encyclopedia from 1733 to 1739, replacing Jacob August Franckenstein , who had edited the first two volumes. His successor was Carl G nther Ludovici . He was born in Dresden and died in Hof, Germany Hof . References reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Longolius, Paul Daniel ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH November 1, 1704 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH February 24, 1779 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Longolius, Paul Daniel Category 1704 births Category 1779 deaths Category German encyclopedists Category People from the Electorate of Saxony Germany writer stub de Paul Daniel Longolius tr Paul Daniel Longolius ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 August Friedrich von Pauly 9 May 1796, Benningen am Neckar 2 May 1845, Stuttgart was a teacher who began the first edition of the classical encyclopedia Realencyclop die der classischen Altertumswissenschaft , whose later editions are commonly known as the Pauly Wissowa . Pauly died while working on the fourth volume. Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Pauly, August ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 9 May 1796 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 2 May 1845 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Pauly, August Category 1796 births Category 1845 deaths Category German philologists Category German antiquarians Category German encyclopedists Category People from the Duchy of W rttemberg Germany academic bio stub de August Friedrich Pauly es August Friedrich Pauly it August Friedrich Pauly no August Pauly ... more details
Joachim Sterck van Ringelbergh Joachimus Fortius Ringelbergius Antwerp , c. 1499 c. 1531 was a Flemish scholar, humanism humanist , mathematician and astrologer . He is credited with inventing the term encyclopedia . More precisely, cyclopedia , in the book title Lucubrationes vel potius absolutissima kyklopaideia Basel, 1541 . He is known also for his book on pedagogy, De Ratione Studii http deila.dickinson.edu cdm4 item viewer.php?CISOROOT norris&CISOPTR 1530&REC 5 initial page . External links http www.ru.nl ahc vg html vg000148.htm Biography Dutch language DEFAULTSORT Sterck Van Ringelbergh, Joachim Category Encyclopedists Category Flemish Renaissance humanists http thesaurus.cerl.org record cnp00802484 Biography and Bibliography de Joachim Sterck van Ringelbergh fr Joachim Sterck van Ringelbergh pt Joachim Sterck van Ringelbergh sl Joachim Sterck van Ringelbergh ... more details
Gerson ben Solomon of Arles flourished in the second half of the 13th century was a Provence Proven al Jewish philosopher he is said to be the father of Gersonides . He was the author of Sha ar ha Shamayim Venice, 1547 R delsheim, 1801 , a sort of encyclopedia divided into three parts, treating 1 of natural phenomena, metals, plants, animals, and man 2 of astronomy, principally extracted from Alfergani and the Almagest and 3 of metaphysics, taken from the Moreh Nebukim of Maimonides . References Leopold Zunz , Benjamin of Tudela , ii. 259 Moritz Steinschneider , Cat. Bodl. col. 1014 idem, in R. E. J. v. 278 Sachs, Kerem emed, viii. 157 Monatsschrift, 1879, pp. 20 et seq. Ernest Renan Adolf Neubauer , Les Rabbins Fran ais , pp. 589 et seq. Gross, Gallia Judaica, p. 82. External links http www.jewishencyclopedia.com view.jsp?artid 180&letter G Source JewishEncyclopedia DEFAULTSORT Gershon Ben Solomon Of Arles Category Jewish philosophers Category Encyclopedists fa ... more details
Alexander Henderson 1780 1863 was a Scottish physician and author. Born in Aberdeenshire , he was educated at Edinburgh University , where he graduated as a doctor of medicine in 1803. He went to London and was admitted a licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians in 1808. He chiefly devoted himself to letters, though, contributing to such works as Encyclopaedia Britannica and Edinburgh Review . He published The History of Ancient and Modern Wines in 1824. References Dictionary of National Biography , London Oxford University Press, 1917. Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Henderson, Alexander ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1780 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1863 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Henderson, Alexander Category 1780 births Category 1863 deaths Category Scottish medical doctors Category Scottish writers Category Wine critics Category People from Aberdeenshire Category Alumni of the University of Edinburgh Category Scottish encyclopedists Scotland medical bio stub ... more details
Image Charles georges le roy.jpg thumb right Charles Georges Le Roy Charles Georges Le Roy or Leroy 1723 1789 was a France French man of letters during the Age of Enlightenment and the author of one of the first books on animal behavior. Le Roy was a lieutenant of the royal hunt and a friend of the encyclopedist s Diderot , d Alembert and d Holbach , regularly attending D Holbach s Coterie d Holbach s salon . Le Roy s publications began as texts on the behaviour and sensitivity of animals, published under the pseudonym of the physician of Nuremberg. These appeared in the Encyclop die m thodique in 1764. D Holbach s Coterie Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Le Roy, Charles Georges ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1723 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1789 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Le Roy, Charles Georges Category 1723 births Category 1789 deaths Category Philosophes Category French encyclopedists Category 18th century French writers France bio stub de Charles Georges Le Roy Enzyklop dist fr Charles Georges Leroy ... more details
Bernt Moe b. 1 June 1814, d. 5 June 1850 was a Norway Norwegian encyclopedist. He was the editor of the two encyclopedias Tidsskrift for den norske personalhistorie and Biographiske Efterretninger om Eidsvolds Repr sentanter og Storthingsm nd i Tidsrummet 1814 1845 . ref name nf References Reflist 1 refs ref name nf Cite encyclopedia title Moe, Bernt encyclopedia Nordisk familjebok year 1913 first K. last Warburg editor Th. Westrin publisher Nordisk familjeboks f rlags aktiebolag location Stockholm url http runeberg.org nfbr 0420.html language Swedish accessdate 12 December 2010 page 795 6 ref Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Moe, Bernt ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1 June 1814 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 5 June 1850 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Moe, Bernt Category Norwegian encyclopedists Category 1814 births Category 1850 deaths ... more details
Walter Thom 1770 1824 was a Scottish writer and journalist. Life He was born at Bervie , Kincardineshire , and later moved to Aberdeen , where he established himself as a bookseller. In 1813 he went to Dublin, as editor of the Dublin Journal , assisted by his son Alexander Thom almanac editor Alexander Thom . He died in there on 16 June 1824. Works Thom was the author of a History of Aberdeen Aberdeen, 1811 and of a treatise on Pedestrianism Aberdeen, 1813 . He also contributed to Brewster s Encyclop dia , to Sir John Sinclair s Statistical Account of Scotland , and to William Shaw Mason s Statistical Account of Ireland . References cite DNB wstitle Thom, Alexander Attribution DNB wstitle Thom, Alexander DEFAULTSORT Thom, Walter Category 1770 births Category 1824 deaths Category Scottish historians Category Scottish journalists Category People from Kincardine and Mearns Category Scottish booksellers Category Scottish editors Category Historians of Scotland Category Scottish encyclopedists Category Scottish statisticians Scotland writer stub ... more details
Colin Macfarquhar 1745? &ndash 2 April 1793 was a Scotland Scottish bookseller and printer publisher printer . He is best known for being one of the Society of Gentlemen in Scotland , along with Andrew Bell engraver Andrew Bell , who first published the Encyclop dia Britannica . ref Cite book title Encyclop dia Britannica , 11th Edition chapter s 1911 Encyclop dia Britannica Prefatory Note Prefactory Note year 1911 ref Macfarquhar also contributed heavily to the second and third edition. ref cite encyclopedia title Oxford Dictionary of National Biography entry Bell, Andrew year 2004 ref The dates of his birth and death remain uncertain, even to Britannica itself. Citation needed date September 2010 References Reflist Use dmy dates date September 2010 Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Macfarquhar, Colin ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1745 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1793 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Macfarquhar, Colin Category Encyclop dia Britannica Category 1745 births Category 1793 deaths Category Scottish businesspeople Category Scottish printers Category 18th century Scottish people Category People from Edinburgh Category Scottish encyclopedists Scotland business bio stub UK business bio 1740s stub pt Colin Macfarquhar ru , sco Colin Macfarquhar ... more details
Image Pranas Dovydaitis.jpg thumb Pranas Dovydaitis. Pranas Dovydaitis audio Pranas Dovydaitis.ogg pronunciation born December 2, 1886 in Runkiai died November 4, 1942 in Yekaterinburg Sverdlovsk , RSFSR was a Lithuania n politician, Prime Minister of Lithuania , teacher, encyclopedist, editor, and professor. References Dovydaitis, Pranas . Encyclopedia Lituanica II 101 103. 1970 1978 . Ed. Simas Su ied lis. Boston, Massachusetts Juozas Kapo ius. LCC 74 114275. start box succession box before Mykolas Sle evi ius title Prime Minister of Lithuania years March 12, 1919 &ndash April 12, 1919 after Mykolas Sle evi ius end box Prime Ministers of Lithuania Signers of Act of Independence of Lithuania Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Dovydaitis, Pranas ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH December 2, 1886 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH November 4, 1942 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Dovydaitis, Pranas Category 1886 births Category 1942 deaths Category People from Marijampol County Category Lithuanian writers Category Lithuanian teachers Category Prime Ministers of Lithuania Category Lithuanian encyclopedists Category Lithuanian lawyers Category Lithuanian people executed by the Soviet Union Category People executed by firing squad Category Members of the Council of Lithuania Lithuania politician stub de Pranas Dovydaitis es Pranas Dovydaitis lt Pranas Dovydaitis pl Pranas Dovydaitis pt Pranas Dovydaitis fi Pranas Dovydaitis ... more details
Johann Heinrich Bisterfeld 1605 &ndash 16 February 1655 was a Germany German philosopher, logician and encyclopedic writer from Siegen . ref Paolo Rossi, Logic and the Art of Memory 2000 English translation . pp.142 4 ref A follower of Ramus and pupil of Johann Heinrich Alsted at the Herborn Academy Academia Nassauensis , ref In list 1613 9 of pupils, as Bisterfeldius, with mention of later position at Alba Iulia. http www.gottsleben genealogie.com studenten herborn 1613 1619.htm ref Bisterfeld became head of the academy in Weissenburg Alba Iulia in Transylvania , where he died. The Bisterfeldius redivivus The Hague, 1661 appeared posthumously in two volumes, the first being Alphabeti philosophici libri tres , on universal language this work is considered an influence on Leibniz . http www.fuchu.or.jp d logic en uni.html He wrote other works, in particular on logic and theology. Notes references External links http mek.oszk.hu 03100 03150 html bister5.htm Biographical hu icon Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Bisterfeld, Johann Heinrich ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1605 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 16 February 1655 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Bisterfeld, Johann Heinrich Category 1605 births Category 1655 deaths Category German academics Category German encyclopedists Category German philosophers Category People from Siegen de Johann Heinrich Bisterfeld eo Johann Heinrich Bisterfeld hu Johann Heinrich Bisterfeld ... more details
Pranas ep nas born on April 4, 1899 in Velaikiai village near Utena, Lithuania Utena , died on December 3, 1980 in Worcester, Massachusetts was a Lithuania n historian, encyclopedist, journalist, and lexicographer. In 1926 ep nas earned a diploma in history from University of Lithuania . He worked as professor of history at Vilnius University . During World War II he emigrated to Germany and later to the U.S. Major works Editor of interwar Lietuvi koji enciklopedija Lithuanian encyclopedias Lithuanian Encyclopedia and Dictionary of International Words. Nauj j laik Lietuvos istorija vol I and II 1988 , lang en History of Lithuania in Modern Times Editor of Lietuvi koji enciklopedija printed in Boston. External links lt icon http www.lituanus.org 1987 87 2 06.htm Article about his book in Lituanus magazine. Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Cepenas, Pranas ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH April 4, 1899 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH December 3, 1980 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Cepenas, Pranas Category 1899 births Category 1980 deaths Category Lithuanian historians Category Historians of Lithuania Category Lithuanian encyclopedists Category Lithuanian lexicographers Category Vilnius University faculty Category People from Vilnius Lithuania historian stub lt Pranas ep nas ... more details
Expand Polish date April 2010 Benedykt Chmielowski Unreferenced date April 2008 File Herb Nalecz.jpg 166px right thumb Coat of arms of Na cz Na cz Chmielowski coat of arms Benedykt Joachim Chmielowski 1700 1753 was a Polish priest born in uck . He wrote Nowe Ateny the first Polish language encyclopedia . It was first published in 1745 46 the second edition was supplemented between 1754 and 1764. Chmielowski is also the author of the popular prayer Bieg roku ca ego 1728 , printed in 20x Clarify date February 2009 in the 18th and 19th centuries. He also compiled and published a roll of arms Zbi r kr tki herb w polskich, oraz ws awionych cnot i naukami Polak w , 1763 and authored a religious novel Ucieczka przez wi tych do Boga , 1730 . Further reading Maria Wichowa 1999 Ksi dz Benedykt Chmielowski jako uczony barokowy Napis , Seria V 1999, s. 45 Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Chmielowski, Benedykt ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1700 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1763 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Chmielowski, Benedykt Category 1700 births Category 1763 deaths Category Encyclopedists Category Polish people Category Polish Roman Catholic priests Poland noble stub pl Benedykt Chmielowski ru , ... more details
Refimprove date January 2008 Lois Lehner is the author of Lehner s Encyclopedia of U.S. Marks on Pottery, Porcelain and Clay , collector books , Schroeder Publishing Co . She graduated from Ohio State University and taught speech and English for eighteen years in Delaware County, Ohio Delaware County , Ohio , where she was born and lived all of her life. She did extensive research on pottery and some study on glass which resulted in two other published books Ohio Pottery and Glass and Manufacturers , and American Kitchen and Dinner Wares . Lois has written numerous articles for various collector s papers including a monthly column for the Antique Trader . Other publications that have printed her articles over the years include Depression Glass Daze , The Glaze , American Art Pottery , American Clay Exchange , Tri state Trader , Collector News , Rainbow Glass Review , Antique Reporter , Bottle Trader and Old Bottle Magazine . ref ISBN 89145365 ref References references Persondata NAME Lehner, Lois ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Lehner, Lois Category American women writers Category American non fiction writers Category American encyclopedists US bio stub ... more details
Dominique Fr my 1931&ndash October 2, 2008 was the creator of the Quid encyclopedia Quid encyclopedia . His spouse Mich le and son Fabrice participated in writing it as well. He was a diplomed student of the Institut d tudes Politiques de Paris lang en Paris Institute of Political Studies and of the Facult des lettres de Paris. ref name economiematin fr icon Fabrice Fr my, quid en famille , conomie Matin , 2007 02 19 ref He was employed by Royal Dutch Shell Shell in London , but quit his job to produce a new encyclopedia with his wife, Dominique. ref name economiematin It began in 1963, named Quid . References Frenchtrans Dominique Fr my 2008 02 17 references External links http www.quid.fr Official site of Quid Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Fremy, Dominique ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1931 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 2008 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Fremy, Dominique Category 1931 births Category 2008 deaths Category French encyclopedists France writer stub es Dominique Fr my fr Dominique Fr my ... more details
unreferenced date September 2008 Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 4 1942 is the fourth volume of Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories, which is a series of short story collections, edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg , which attempts to list the great science fiction stories from the Golden Age of Science Fiction . They date the Golden Age as beginning in 1939 and lasting until 1963. The book was later reprinted as the second half of Isaac Asimov Presents The Golden Years of Science Fiction, Second Series with the first half being Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 3 1941 . This volume was originally published by DAW books in 1980. Stories The Star Mouse by Fredric Brown The Wings of Night by Lester del Rey Foundation novel The Encyclopedists Foundation by Isaac Asimov Asylum by A. E. van Vogt Proof by Hal Clement Nerves by Lester del Rey Barrier by William Anthony Parker White Anthony Boucher Do not change name The Twonkey by Henry Kuttner Lewis Padgett and C. L. Moore QRM Interplanetary by George O. Smith The Weapons Shop by A. E. van Vogt Mimic by Donald A. Wollheim Category Isaac Asimov s Great SF Stories anthology series 04 Sci fi stub ... more details
Image Jean baptiste antoine suard.jpg thumb right Jean Baptiste Antoine Suard Jean Baptiste Antoine Suard Besan on , 15 January 1732 20 July 1817 was a France French journalist, translator and man of letters during the Age of Enlightenment . He was the editor of the Journal tranger in the years 1760 1762 and of the Gazette litt raire d Europe in the years 1764 1766. Suard was on intimate terms with the philosophes and regularly attended the salon of Baron d Holbach , although he seems to have eschewed their more radical ideas. In 1774 he was made a member of the Acad mie Fran aise , and later a state censor. For all his caution, Suard would later be harassed by both the Revolutionary and the Napoleonic regimes. His M langes de litt rature were published in 1803 1805. Acad mie Fran aise Seat 26 D Holbach s Coterie Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Suard, Jean Baptiste Antoine ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1733 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 20 July 1817 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Suard, Jean Baptiste Antoine Category 1733 births Category 1817 deaths Category People from Besan on Category French writers Category Members of the Acad mie fran aise Category Philosophes Category French encyclopedists Category 18th century French writers Category French translators es Jean Baptiste Antoine Suard fr Jean Baptiste Antoine Suard ... more details
Augustin Roux Bordeaux 1726 Paris 1776 was a France French doctor, encyclopedist and man of letters during the Age of Enlightenment . Roux studied medicine in his hometown of Bordeaux , received his doctorate in 1750 and then came to Paris where, on the recommendation of Montesquieu , he was able to obtain the financial support that his family had refused him as punishment for not pursuing an ecclesiastical career. After learning English, Roux translated several English books into French, taught a course of medicine and worked as doctor at the Faculty of Medicine in Paris. He succeeded Vandermonde as editor of the Journal of Medicine in 1762. His extensive knowledge of chemistry resulted in his appointment as professor of science at the Faculty in 1771. Roux regularly attended the Salon gathering salon of Baron d Holbach . D Holbach s Coterie Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Roux, Augustin ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1726 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1776 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Roux, Augustin Category 1726 births Category 1776 deaths Category People from Bordeaux Category 18th century French physicians Category French encyclopedists Category French translators France med bio stub de Augustin Roux fr Augustin Roux ... more details
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