Firmin Abauzit - Wikipedia Firmin Abauzit From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigation Jump to search Firmin Abauzit Born (1679-11-11)November 11, 1679 Uzès, Kingdom of France Died March 20, 1767(1767-03-20) (aged 87) Geneva, Republic of Geneva Nationality French Citizenship Republic of Geneva Known for Proofreading or correcting the writings of Isaac Newton Scientific career Fields Physics Theology Philosophy Firmin Abauzit (November 11, 1679 – March 20, 1767) was a French scholar who worked on physics, theology and philosophy, and served as librarian in Geneva (Republic of Geneva) during his final 40 years. Abauzit is also notable for proofreading or correcting the writings of Isaac Newton and other scholars. Contents 1 Biography 2 Legacy 2.1 Works 3 Footnotes 4 References 5 External links Biography[edit] Firmin Abauzit was born of Huguenot parents November 11, 1679 at Uzès, in Languedoc.[1][2] His paternal family traces its origin to an Arab physician who settled in Toulouse during the 9th century.[3] Accordingly, the name “Abauzit” is liked derived from the Arabic “Abu Zaid” (father of Zaid). His father died when he was but two years of age; and when, on the revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1685, the authorities took steps to have him educated in the Roman Catholic faith, his mother contrived his escape.[4] For two years his brother and he lived as fugitives in the mountains of the Cévennes, but they at last reached Geneva, where their mother afterwards joined them on escaping from the imprisonment in which she was held from the time of their flight. Abauzit at an early age acquired great proficiency in languages, physics, and theology.[4] In 1698, he traveled to Germany, then to Holland,[2] where he became acquainted with Pierre Bayle,[1] Pierre Jurieu and Jacques Basnage. Proceeding to England, he was introduced to Sir Isaac Newton, who found in him one of the earliest defenders, against Castel of his discoveries.[1][5] Newton corrected in the second edition of his Principia an error pointed out by Abauzit,[5] and, when sending him the Commercium Epistolicum, said, "You are well worthy to judge between Gottfried Leibniz and me."[4] The reputation of Abauzit induced William III to request him to settle in England, but he did not accept the king's offer, preferring to return to Geneva.[5] There, from 1715 he rendered valuable assistance to a society that had been formed for translating the New Testament into French. He declined the offer of the chair of philosophy at the University of Geneva in 1723.[1] He assisted in the French language New Testament in 1726.[1] In 1727, he was granted citizenship in Geneva, and he accepted the office of honorary librarian to Geneva, the city of his adoption.[1] It was while he was in Geneva in his later years that he authored many of his works. Here also was the city of his death past the age of 87, on March 20, 1767.[4] Legacy[edit] Abauzit was a man of great learning and of wonderful versatility. Whatever chanced to be discussed, it used to be said of Abauzit that he seemed to have made it a subject of particular study. Rousseau, who was jealously sparing of his praises, addressed to him, in his Julie, ou la nouvelle Héloïse, a fine panegyric; and when a stranger flatteringly told Voltaire he had come to see a great man, the philosopher asked him if he had seen Abauzit.[4] Among his acquaintances, Abauzit claimed Rousseau, Voltaire, Newton, and Bayle.[5] Little remains of the labours of this intellectual giant, his heirs having, it is said, destroyed the papers that came into their possession, because their own religious opinions were different. A few theological, archaeological, and astronomical articles from his pen appeared in the Journal helvétique and elsewhere, and he contributed several papers to Rousseau's Dictionnaire de musique (1767). He wrote a work throwing doubt on the canonical authority of the Apocalypse, which called forth a reply from Dr Leonard Twells, and was published in Denis Diderot's Encyclopédie. He also edited and made valuable additions to Jacob Spon's Histoire de la république de Genève. A collection of his writings was published at Geneva in 1770 (Œuvres de feu M. Abauzit), and another at London in 1773 (Œuvres diverses de M. Abauzit). Works[edit] Works of Abauzit year Title Notes Articles Multiple articles for Journal helvétique 1726 French language New Testament Collaboration[1] apocalypse Article for Denis Diderot's Encyclopédie[1] 1767 Articles Multiple articles for Dictionnaire de musique Edited and contributions Histoire de la république de Genève by Jacob Spon 1770 Œuvres de feu M. Abauzit Posthumously published collection 1773 Œuvres diverses de M. Abauzit Posthumously published collection Footnotes[edit] ^ a b c d e f g h Hoiberg 2010, p. 8 ^ a b Magnusson & Goring 1990, p. 1 ^ "The Biographical Dictionary of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge--". 1842. ^ a b c d e Chisholm 1911. ^ a b c d Debus et al. 1968, p. 1 References[edit] Debus, Allen G.; Calinger, Ronald S.; Collins, Edward J.; Kennedy, Stephen J., eds. (1968). "Abauzit, Firmin". World Who's Who in Science: A Biographical Dictionary of Notable Scientists From Antiquity to the Present. Chicago, Illinois: The A. N. Marquis Company. ISBN 0-8379-1001-3. LCCN 68056149. Hoiberg, Dale H., ed. (2010). "Abauzit, Firmin". Encyclopædia Britannica. I: A-Ak - Bayes (15th ed.). Chicago, Illinois: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. ISBN 978-1-59339-837-8. LCCN 2002113989. Magnusson, Magnus; Goring, Rosemary, eds. (1990). Cambridge Biographical Dictionary. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-39518-6. Attribution  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain:  Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Abauzit, Firmin". Encyclopædia Britannica. 1 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 8. Senebier, Jean (1786). Histoire Littéraire de Geneve. Geneve [Geneva, Switzerland]: Chez Barde, Manget & Compagnie, Imprimeurs-Libraires. LCCN 04021025. Abauzit, Firmin (1774). Miscellanies of the Late Ingenious and Celebrated M. Abauzit on Historical, Theological, and Critical Subjects. Translated by Edward Harwood. London, England: T. Becket. LCCN 82067547. Orme, William (1824). Bibliotheca biblica; a select list of books on sacred literature; with notices biographical, critical, and bibliographical. Edinburgh, Scotland: A. Black. LCCN 07020498. External links[edit] Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge, Abauzit, Firmin. Works by or about Firmin Abauzit in libraries (WorldCat catalog) Authority control BNF: cb121711117 (data) CiNii: DA07217601 GND: 116238380 HDS: 011018 ISNI: 0000 0000 8103 0738 LCCN: n84205327 NLA: 42351532 NLI: 001856955 NTA: 176467564 SUDOC: 030256208 Trove: 1259552 VcBA: 495/361134 VIAF: 24642440 WorldCat Identities: lccn-n84205327 Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Firmin_Abauzit&oldid=997566593" Categories: 1679 births 1767 deaths People from Uzès French philosophers French physicists French Calvinist and Reformed theologians Genevan scholars 18th-century philosophers 18th-century French writers 18th-century French male writers 18th-century Calvinist and Reformed theologians 18th century in Geneva 18th-century French Christian theologians Calvinist and Reformed philosophers French male non-fiction writers Enlightenment philosophers Age of Enlightenment Hidden categories: Articles with hCards CS1: long volume value Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica Wikipedia articles with BNF identifiers Wikipedia articles with CINII identifiers Wikipedia articles with GND identifiers Wikipedia articles with HDS identifiers Wikipedia articles with ISNI identifiers Wikipedia articles with LCCN identifiers Wikipedia articles with NLA identifiers Wikipedia articles with NLI identifiers Wikipedia articles with NTA identifiers Wikipedia articles with SUDOC identifiers Wikipedia articles with Trove identifiers Wikipedia articles with VcBA identifiers Wikipedia articles with VIAF identifiers Wikipedia articles with WORLDCATID identifiers Navigation menu Personal tools Not logged in Talk Contributions Create account Log in Namespaces Article Talk Variants Views Read Edit View history More Search Navigation Main page Contents Current events Random article About Wikipedia Contact us Donate Contribute Help Learn to edit Community portal Recent changes Upload file Tools What links here Related changes Upload file Special pages Permanent link Page information Cite this page Wikidata item Print/export Download as PDF Printable version In other projects Wikimedia Commons Languages العربية تۆرکجه Bân-lâm-gú Català Deutsch Español فارسی Français Bahasa Indonesia Italiano مصرى Polski Português Русский Simple English 中文 Edit links This page was last edited on 1 January 2021, at 04:26 (UTC). 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