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- Eric W. Weisstein (born March 18, 1969, in Bloomington, Indiana) is an encyclopedist who created and maintains "MathWorld" and "Eric Weisstein's...
- male, deceased (1784) (NANTES, France)
- Denis Diderot was a French philosopher and writer. He was a prominent figure in the Enlightenment, and editor-in-chief of the famous...
- male, deceased (636)
- Saint Isidore of Seville (Spanish: or), Latin: (c. 560 - April 4, 636) was Archbishop of Seville for more than three decades and has the reputation...
- male, deceased (1778)
- Jean-Jacques Rousseau, (June 28, 1712 - July 2, 1778) was a Genevan philosopher of the Enlightenment whose political ideas influenced the French...
- male, deceased (1783)
- Jean le Rond d'Alembert was a French mathematician, mechanician, physicist and philosopher. He was also co-editor with Denis Diderot of the...
- male, deceased (1264)
- The Dominican friar Vincent of Beauvais (Vincentius Bellovacensis) ("ca" 1190 - 1264?) wrote the Speculum Maius, the main encyclopedia that was...
- male, deceased (1740)
- Ephraim Chambers (c1680 - 15 May 1740), was an English writer and encyclopedist, who is primarily known for producing the Cyclopaedia, or Universal...
- male, deceased (1682)
- Sir Thomas Browne (October 19, 1605 - October 19, 1682) was an English author of varied works that disclose his wide learning in diverse fields...
- male, deceased (1789)
- Paul-Henri Thiry, baron d'Holbach was a German-French author, philosopher and encyclopedist. He was born Paul Heinrich Dietrich in Edesheim,...
- male, deceased (1666)
- Song Yingxing (Traditional Chinese:宋應星; Simplified Chinese:宋应星; Wade Giles: Sung Ying-Hsing; 1587-1666 AD) was a Chinese scientist and encyclopedis...
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