Baron d'Holbach
German philosopher
Paul-Henri Thiry, Baron d'Holbach, known as d'Holbach, was a Franco-German philosopher, encyclopedist and writer, who was a prominent figure in the French Enlightenment. He was born Paul Heinrich Dietrich in Edesheim, near Landau in the Rhenish... Wikipedia
Born: December 8, 1723, Edesheim, Germany
Died: January 21, 1789 (age 65 years), Paris, France
Parents: Catherine Jacobina Holbach and Johann Jakob Dietrich
Influenced by: Denis Diderot, David Hume, Thomas Hobbes, and more
Education: Universiteit Leiden
Partner: Charlotte-Suzanne d'Aine
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