Ephraim Chambers
1680
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1740
country of citizenship: Great Britain
languages spoken, written or signed: English
occupation: writer, translator, publisher, lexicographer
award received: Fellow of the Royal Society
Ephraim Chambers (c. 1680 – 15 May 1740) was an English writer and encyclopaedist, who is primarily known for producing the Cyclopaedia, or an Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences. Chambers' Cyclopædia is known as the original source material for the French Encyclopédie that started off as a translation of Cyclopædia. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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