Philippe-Antoine Magimel Explained

Philippe-Antoine Magimel (1692 – 5 October 1772, Paris) was a French goldsmith and encyclopédiste.[1]

He was the son of the master goldsmith Antoine Magimel († 1702) from Paris and Marie-Françoise Leblond (1667–1756). Philippe-Antoine Magimel was married to Elisabeth-Marguerite Descoties († 1770), the couple had two children Antoine-Edouard and Augustin-Simon Magimel.

He wrote the articles Orfèvrerie and Orfèvre for the Encyclopédie by Denis Diderot.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/rde_0769-0886_1990_num_8_1_1057 Frank A. Kafker : Notices sur les auteurs des 17 volumes de « discours » de l'Encyclopédie (suite et fin). Recherches sur Diderot et sur l'Encyclopédie Année 1990 Volume 8 Numéro 8, (p. 101)
  2. http://gw3.geneanet.org/pierfit?lang=fr;p=philippe+antoine;n=magimel Généalogie de la famille.