Denis Diderot
French philosopher and editor of the Encyclopédie, imprisoned at Vincennes in 1749 and later Catherine the Great's pensioned librarian.
Person5 Oct 1713 – 31 Jul 1784
- Identifiers
- Wikidata Q448
Sources
Appears in7 items
- The Enlightenment7 items
- Diderot imprisoned at Vincennes · prisoner24 Jul 1749
- Rousseau’s illumination on the road to VincennesOct 1749
- The Encyclopédie in print · editorJun 1751
- The Encyclopédie loses its privilege8 Mar 1759
- Diderot finds his publisher has censored himNov 1764
- The last ten volumes of text appear at once1765
- Diderot in St PetersburgOct 1773