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Denis Diderot, 1713-1784

Nationality: French
Date of Birth: 1713
Place of Birth: Langres, Champaigne
Date of Death: 1784
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Identity:

Denis Diderot, critic and philosopher, was the most prominent of the French Encyclopaedists and one of the leaders of the Enlightenment in France.

Bibliography:

Encyclopedia Brittanica, (11th edition) 1911, at http://www.1911encyclopedia.org (accessed 2005).