Pierre Bayle was a French philosopher, author, and lexicographer. He is best known for his Historical and Critical Dictionary, whose publication began in 1697. Wikipedia
Born: November 18, 1647, Carla-Bayle, France
Died: December 28, 1706 (age 59 years), Rotterdam, Netherlands
Influenced by: Baruch Spinoza, René Descartes, and Strato of Lampsacus
Influenced: Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, Richard Popkin, and Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Parents: Jean Bayle
Era: 17th-century philosophy