Louis Moréri

Louis MORERI ( born March 25, 1643 Bargemon ( Diocese of Fréjus ); † July 10, 1680 in Paris) was a French encyclopedist.

Life

MORERI studied humanities in Draguignan, later rhetoric at the Jesuit college of Aix -en- Provence. He then studied theology in Lyon, where he was ordained a priest.

During this time he wrote several journals, including Pratique de la perfection chrétienne et religieuse ( 1667), the translation of a text by Alphonso Rodriguez ( 1532-1617 ) from the Spanish.

In 1673 he was appointed by Jean de Gaillard, the Bishop of Apt, chaplain; this dedicated MORERI doubt why the first edition of his Dictionnaire historique encyclopedia Le grand, ou de l' histoire mélange curieux sacrée et profane [ ... ] ("Great historical dictionary, or" interesting mix "of sacred and secular history [ ... ] " ), which first appeared in 1674 in Lyon.

1675 brought him the prelate to Paris, where he made ​​the acquaintance of Mr de Pomponne. This occupied him in his office, until he was forced to resign in 1678. MORERI then took his studies again, but died in 1680 at exhaustion ( ENWp: and tuberculosis).

Work

His Grand Dictionnaire historique, a precursor to the encyclopaedias, 1674 was a single-volume work. Until 1759, she appeared in at least 20 editions, adaptations and translations (last: 10 - volume work ), although MORERI self not even the second, two-volume edition (Basel 1681) experienced. The importance Moréris is that his work, the era of national linguistic dictionaries and encyclopaedias initiated - and thus the publication of such works also made to the potentially lucrative business.

Pierre Bayle, one of his fiercest critics during his lifetime, posthumously honored his work: