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Denis Diderot

Nationality: French
Date of birth: 1713
Place of birth: Langres, Champaigne
Date of death: 1784
Category: critic

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, online.