Baron Paul d'Holbach: French/German (dec 8, 1723 – jan 21, 1789)
Description:
French-German author, philosopher, encyclopedist and prominent figure in the French Enlightenment. He was born Paul Heinrich Dietrich in Edesheim, near Landau in the Rhenish Palatinate, but lived and worked mainly in Paris, where he kept a salon.Added to timeline:
Date:
dec 8, 1723
jan 21, 1789
~ 65 years