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See also:DESMAISEAUX, See also:PIERRE (1673–1745); See also:French writer, was See also:born at Saillat, probably in 1673. His See also:father, a See also:minister of the reformed See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church, had to leave See also:France on the revocation of the See also:edict of See also:Nantes, and took See also:refuge in See also:Geneva, where Pierre was educated. See also:Bayle gave him an introduction to the 3rd See also:Lord See also:Shaftesbury, with whom, in 1699, he came to See also:England, where he engaged in See also:literary See also:work. He remained in See also:close See also:touch with the religious refugees in England and See also:- HOLLAND
- HOLLAND, CHARLES (1733–1769)
- HOLLAND, COUNTY AND PROVINCE OF
- HOLLAND, HENRY FOX, 1ST BARON (1705–1774)
- HOLLAND, HENRY RICH, 1ST EARL OF (1S9o-,649)
- HOLLAND, HENRY RICHARD VASSALL FOX, 3RD
- HOLLAND, JOSIAH GILBERT (1819-1881)
- HOLLAND, PHILEMON (1552-1637)
- HOLLAND, RICHARD, or RICHARD DE HOLANDE (fl. 1450)
- HOLLAND, SIR HENRY, BART
Holland, and constantly in See also:correspondence with the leading See also:continental savants and writers, who were in the See also:habit of employing him to conduct such business as they might have in England. In 1720 he was elected a See also:fellow of the Royal Society. Among his See also:works are See also:Vie de St Evremond (1711), Vie de Boileau-Despreaux (1712), Vie de Bayle (1930). He also took an active See also:part in preparing the Bibliothbque raisonnee See also:des ouvrages de l'See also:Europe (1728-1753), and the Bibliotheque britannique (1733-1747), and edited a selection of St Evremond's writings (1706). Part of Desmaiseaux's correspondence is pre-served in the See also:British Museum, and other letters are in the royal library at See also:Copenhagen. He died on the See also:lath of See also:July 1745.
End of Article: DESMAISEAUX, PIERRE (1673–1745); French writer, was born at Saillat, probably in 1673. His father, a minister of the reformed church, had to leave France on the revocation of the edict of Nantes, and took refuge in Geneva, where Pierre was educated. Bayle
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