Ephraim Chambers
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Ephraim Chambers was an English writer and encyclopaedist, who is primarily known for producing the Cyclopaedia, or an Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences. Chambers' Cyclopædia is known as the o
Title page of Chambers' 1728 Cyclopaedia, or an Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences
Denis Diderot
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Denis Diderot was a French philosopher, art critic, and writer, best known for serving as co-founder, chief editor, and contributor to the Encyclopédie along with Jean le Rond d'Alembert. He was a pro
Ephraim Chambers
…himself bound to all Offices of Humanity, Having finished his Life and Labours together, Here desires to rest EPHRAIM CHAMBERS. The Encyclopédie of Diderot and d'Alembert owed its inception to a French translation of Chambers's work. Chambers's Encyclopaedia – a work by different authors…
Portrait of Denis Diderot by Louis-Michel van Loo, 1767
N° 9 de la place dans le centre ville de Langres: in the background on the right side is Diderot's birthplace
Statue of Denis Diderot in the city of Langres, his birthplace
Title page of the Encyclopédie