Louis de Jaucourt

Chevalier Louis de Jaucourt was a French scholar and the most prolific contributor to the Encyclopédie. Writing some 17,000 articles pro bono, his contributions amounted to around 25% of the entire work. His subjects included physiology, chemistry, botany, pathology, and political history.

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Who was born first?

• Louis de Jaucourt and Andrija Kačić Miošić were born the same year
• Louis de Jaucourt and Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens were born the same year
• Louis de Jaucourt was born 1 year after John Wesley
• Louis de Jaucourt was born 1 year after Shah Waliullah Dehlawi
• Louis de Jaucourt was born 1 year before Jacques-François Blondel

Timeline

1. John WesleyJune 17, 1703 – March 2, 1791
2. Shah Waliullah DehlawiFebruary 21, 1703 – August 20, 1762
3. Andrija Kačić MiošićApril 17, 1704 – December 15, 1760
4. Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'ArgensJune 24, 1704 – January 11, 1771
5. Louis de Jaucourt (this page)September 16, 1704 – February 3, 1779
6. Jacques-François BlondelJanuary 8, 1705 – January 9, 1774

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