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Firmin Abauzit

1679 - 1767

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Firmin Abauzit (11 November 1679 – 20 March 1767) was a French scholar who worked on physics, theology and philosophy, and served as librarian in Geneva (Republic of Geneva) during his final 40 years. Abauzit is also notable for proofreading or correcting the writings of Isaac Newton and other scholars. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Firmin Abauzit is the 908th most popular philosopher (up from 947th in 2019), the 3,197th most popular biography from France (up from 3,399th in 2019) and the 112th most popular French Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Firmin Abauzit ranks 908 out of 1,267. Before him are Beatus Rhenanus, Helen Parkhurst, Andrea Carlo Ferrari, Tao Hongjing, Ferenc Dávid, and Pierre Daniel Huet. After him are Tan Sitong, Jakob Friedrich Fries, Gottlob Ernst Schulze, Valentin Weigel, Leontion, and Pierre Nicole.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1679, Firmin Abauzit ranks 11. Before him are Charles III William, Margrave of Baden-Durlach, Pierre Fauchard, Woodes Rogers, Jean François de Troy, Princess Magdalena Augusta of Anhalt-Zerbst, and Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen. After him is Pietro Filippo Scarlatti. Among people deceased in 1767, Firmin Abauzit ranks 13. Before him are Emer de Vattel, Johann Schobert, Burkhard Christoph von Münnich, Étienne de Silhouette, Ekkathat, and Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville. After him are Princess Luise Dorothea of Saxe-Meiningen, Prince Edward, Duke of York and Albany, Giacomo Ceruti, Charles Townshend, Mikhail Illarionovich Vorontsov, and Prince John August of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg.

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In France

Among people born in France, Firmin Abauzit ranks 3,197 out of 6,770. Before him are Olivier Martinez (1966), Bertha of Kent (550), Jacques Pills (1906), Jean Richepin (1849), Charles Louis L'Héritier de Brutelle (1746), and Pierre Daniel Huet (1630). After him are Laurent-Joseph-Marius Imbert (1796), Maria Deraismes (1828), André Gobert (1890), Sandrine Bonnaire (1967), John II, Count of Nevers (1415), and Violette Szabo (1921).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In France

Among philosophers born in France, Firmin Abauzit ranks 112. Before him are Claude Lefort (1924), William of Conches (1080), Alain Finkielkraut (1949), Louis Lavelle (1883), Beatus Rhenanus (1485), and Pierre Daniel Huet (1630). After him are Pierre Nicole (1625), Édouard Le Roy (1870), Michel Marcel Navratil (1908), Guillaume Faye (1949), Élisabeth Badinter (1944), and Bernard Stiegler (1952).

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