Sellier-Carossier, pl. XI from "Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire Raisonné des Sciences, des Arts et des Métiers"
Denis Diderot

Denis Diderot

1713 - 1784

Denis Diderot was a French man of letters and philosopher who from 1745-1772 served as the chief editor of the Encyclopédie. He was educated first by the Jesuits in his native Langres, then in Paris, either at the Collège ...