Jean-Baptiste Robinet

Robinet, Jean-Baptiste (1733-1820). French scholar, author of philosophical and grammatical works. Having contributed to the supplement to the Encyclopédie, he published an encyclopedic Dictionnaire universel ou Bibliothèque de l'homme d'état et du citoyen (30 vols., 1777-83).

Jean-Baptiste Robinet (1735–1820) was a French naturalist.

He is known for his five-volume work De la nature (1761-8). He was also involved in the sequel publications to the Encyclopédie, taking on Diderot's editorial role.

External links

• University of Pennsylvania
• University of Chicago Library

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