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CHAMBERS, EPHRAIM (d. 1740)

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CHAMBERS, See also:EPHRAIM (d. 1740) , See also:English encyclopaedist, was See also:born at See also:Kendal, See also:Westmorland, in the latter See also:part of the 17th See also:century. He was apprenticed to a globe-maker in See also:London, but having conceived the See also:plan of his Cyclopaedia, or Universal See also:Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, he devoted himself entirely to it. The first edition appeared by subscription in 1728, in two vols. fol., and dedicated to the See also:king (see See also:ENCYCLOPAEDIA). The Encyclopedie of See also:Diderot and d'See also:Alembert owed its inception to a See also:French See also:translation of Chambers's See also:work. In addition to the Cyclopaedia, Chambers wrote for the See also:Literary See also:Magazine (1735-1736), and translated the See also:History and See also:Memoirs of the Royal See also:Academy of Sciences at See also:Paris (1742), and the Practice of See also:Perspective from the French of See also:Jean Dubreuil. He died on the 15th of May 1740.

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