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Lenglet Dufresnoy, Nicolas, 1674-1755

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Personal name headingLenglet Dufresnoy, Nicolas, 1674-1755
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Variant(s)Dufresnoy, Nicolas Lenglet, 1674-1755
Lenglet Du Fresnoy, Nicolas, 1674-1755
Du Fresnoy, Nicolas Lenglet, 1674-1755
Fresnoy, Nicolas Lenglet Du, 1674-1755
Lenglet Dufresnoy, N.-A. (Nicolas), 1674-1755
Langlet Du Fresnoy, Nicolas, 1674-1755
Lenglet Du Fresnoy, M. l'abbé, 1674-1755
Lenglet, abbé, 1674-1755
Langlet, abbé, 1674-1755
Lengletius, 1674-1755
Percel, Gordon de, 1674-1755
De Percel, Gordon, 1674-1755
Heussen, Albert van, 1674-1755
Van Heussen, Albert, 1674-1755
LocatedLille (France)
Birth date16741005
Death date17550116
Place of birthBeauvais (France)
Place of deathParis (France)
Field of activityFrench literature--18th century
AffiliationUniversité de Paris. Faculté de théologie
Profession or occupationScholars Priests
Found inAntonini, G. La Lucania, 1984: v. 2, p. 127 (signor abbate Langlet Du Fresnoy)
Voltaire. La Henriade, 1746: page v (M. l'abbé Lenglet Du Fresnoy)
Voltaire. La Henriade (Voltaire. Works, 1968-, v. 2), c1970: pages 242-243 (in bibliography of editions: l'abbé Lenglet Du Fresnoy; Lenglet Du Fresnoy) index, page 723 (Lenglet Du Fresnoy, Nicolas)
Cioranescu, A. 18. s. (Lenglet Du Fresnoy (Nicolas), Beauvais, Oct. 5, 1674-Jan. 16, 1755; doctor of the Sorbonne)
BnF authorities, July 31, 2013 (authorized access point: Lenglet Du Fresnoy, Nicolas (1674-1755); born 1674-10-05, Beauvais, died 1755-01-16; French scholar, doctor of the Sorbonne; also wrote in Latin; variant forms: Lengletius; Melton, Edward; Van Heussen, Albert; Gordon de Percel, C.; Gosford; Pair de la Grande Bretagne)
French Wikipedia, Aug. 5, 2013 (Nicolas Lenglet Du Fresnoy, born Oct. 5, 1674, Beauvais, died Jan. 16, 1755, Paris; French scholar, historian, geographer, philosopher and bibliographer of the topic alchemy; in 1705, named secretary for Latin and French languages to the Elector of Cologne, who resided in Lille; returned to Paris under the Regency (1715-1723); author of books on many topics; contributed articles to the Encyclopédie of Diderot and D'Alembert under the pseudonyms of "Edward Melton," "Albert Van Heussen," "C. Gordon de Percel" and "Gosford"; also wrote in Latin under the name Lengletius)
Mémoires pour servir à l'histoire de la vie & des ouvrages de Monsieur l'abbe Lenglet du Fresnoy, 1761, via Google Books, Aug. 5, 2013: page 21 ("Nicolas Lenglet Du Fresnoy, prêtre, licentié de la Faculté de théologie de Paris," born at Beauvais, Oct. 5, 1674) passim (l'abbé Lenglet)
Associated languagefre lat