Didier Diderot Explained

Didier Diderot (14 September 1685 in Langres – 3 June 1759 ibid)[1] was a French craftsman and the father of the encyclopedist, author, philosopher of enlightenment Denis Diderot.

Biography

Didier Diderot descended from families of local craftsmen from the city of Langres, Champagne. His father, Denis Diderot (1654–1726), senior, was a master craftsman, or rather a knife forgemaster, maître coutelier, and his mother was Nicole Beligné (1655–1692). On 20 June 1679 both had married. Nicole Beligné was born on 1655 as the daughter of a wealthy artisan family. Her father was François Beligné (1625–1697)[2] who was also knife blacksmith, her mother was Catherine Grassot. From his father-in-law Beligné Denis Diderot adopted the labeling of their own products: a pearl, la perle.Didier (compare also Desiderius of Langres) had five brothers - Didier was the second son - and one sister; by order of birth year, the Diderot children are as follows:Antoine Thomas (1682–1755);Didier (1685-1769);Claude (1687–1689);François (born 1688);Felix (born 1689);Catherine Diderot (born 1690). Didier Diderot married on 19 January 1712 in Chassigny Angélique Vigneron (12 October 1677 – 1 October 1748).[3] [4] [5] She was the daughter of the tanner, tanneur François Vigneron (died in 1679) and Jeanne Aramite Humblot (died in 1710) from Langres.Didier Diderot was close to the Jansenism. Later they had three sons and four daughters, one son died shortly after his birth in 1712, followed by Denis (1713–1784) and Didier-Pierre (1722–1787), the canon of Langres, Langres chanoine écrivain (see also Roman Catholic Diocese of Langres) and the sisters Denise (1715–1797), Catherine (1716–1718), Catherine (born 1719) and Angélique Diderot (born 1720). Angélique Diderot joined the ursulines. The family lived around the year 1713 in the center of Langres, Place Chambeau today the n ° 9 de la place dans le center ville de Langres, a place that now bears the name of Denis Diderot.[6] [7] [8] Didier Diderot was a specialist in the manufacture of medical and surgical cutting instruments, and his lancets were sought after by teaching doctors.[9]

Selected writing

Further reading

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Diderot à Langres. Villes et Pays d'art et d'histoire Langres Villes et Pays d'art et d'histoire Langres. . 2012-09-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130817085747/http://tourisme-langres.com/fic_bdd/fichiers_fr/Depliant_LVC_Diderot_a_Langres.pdf . 2013-08-17 . dead .
  2. http://gw3.geneanet.org/pierfit?lang=en&p=nicole&n=beligne Genealogy of the Beligné´s
  3. Raymond Trousson: Diderot. Éditions Gallimard (2007) p. 10
  4. http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/rde_0769-0886_1991_num_11_1_1118 Chouillet, Anne-Marie: Trois lettres inédites de Diderot Recherches sur Diderot et sur l'Encyclopédie. Année (1991) Volume 11 Numéro 11 pp. 8-18; p. 9 footnote
  5. http://gw3.geneanet.org/pierfit?lang=en&p=didier&n=diderot) Genealogy of the Diderot´s
  6. http://img66.xooimage.com/files/7/a/0/036maison-diderot-2--2ea649e.jpg Birthplace of Denis Diderot in Langres with an inscription on the first floor. Today the ground floor with the tobacconist Journaux Tabacs le Diderot
  7. https://archive.today/20120729200651/http://d2ghi3veuw5n4i.cloudfront.net/2fc7d4e8baebaeb6acefb4fc07c61dd0 La Place Diderot in Langres von MonNuage, http://www.monnuage.fr/
  8. http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/rde_0769-0886_1988_num_4_1_944 Souviron, Marie: Diderot, Langres et la religion. Recherches sur Diderot et sur l'Encyclopédie Année 1988 Volume 4 Numéro 4 p. 7-36 online
  9. DIDEROT THE TESTING YEARS, 1713-1759, By ARTHUR M. WILSON, NEW YORK OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS 1957

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