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Jean le Rond d’Alembert (1717–1783)
Alembert, Jean Baptiste le Rond d’ (ä-lo
-bãr’). An eminent French philosopher, mathematician, and man of letters; born in Paris, Nov. 16, 1717; died there, Oct. 29, 1783. His treatises on mathematical and physical problems brought him celebrity while yet under middle age. For the great French ‘Encyclopædia’ he wrote the admirable ‘Preliminary Discourse,’ or introduction, and many scientific articles. Among his works of more or less popular or literary character may be named ‘Literary and Philosophical Miscellanies’ and ‘Elements of Philosophy.’ (See Critical and Biographical Introduction).