Denis Diderot vs Jean le Rond d'Alembert
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Compare the life timelines of Denis Diderot (1713–1784) and Jean le Rond d'Alembert (1717–1783) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 66 years, from 1717 to 1783.
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Denis Diderot (1713–1784)
- — Born in Langres, Champagne, France Verified
- — Received a Master of Arts degree from the University of Paris Verified
- — Married Antoinette Champion Verified
- — Became co-editor of the Encyclopedie Verified
- — Imprisoned at the Chateau de Vincennes for his Letter on the Blind Verified
- — Published the first volume of the Encyclopedie Verified
- — Began writing art criticism of the Paris Salons for the Correspondance litteraire Verified
- — Sold his library to Empress Catherine the Great of Russia Verified
- — Visited Catherine the Great in Saint Petersburg Verified
- — Died in Paris Verified
Jean le Rond d'Alembert (1717–1783)
- — Born in Paris and abandoned at the church of Saint-Jean-le-Rond Verified
- — Studied at the Collège des Quatre-Nations Verified
- — Elected to the French Academy of Sciences Verified
- — Published the Traité de dynamique Verified
- — Derived the one-dimensional wave equation for a vibrating string Verified
- — Co-edited the Encyclopédie and wrote its Preliminary Discourse Verified
- — Elected to the Académie française Verified
- — Became permanent secretary of the Académie française Verified
- — Died in Paris Verified