Philippe-Antoine Magimel
Philippe-Antoine Magimel (* 1692 ; † October 5, 1772 in Paris ) was a French master goldsmith , maître orfèvre and encyclopaedist .
Live and act
He was the son of master goldsmith Antoine Magimel († 1702) from Paris and Marie-Françoise Leblond (1667–1756). Philippe-Antoine Magimel was married to Elisabeth-Marguerite Descoties († 1770), the couple had two children, Antoine-Edouard and Augustin-Simon Magimel.
He edited the articles Orfèvrerie and Orfèvre for the Encyclopédie by Denis Diderot .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Frank A. Kafker: Notices sur les auteurs of 17 volumes de "discours" de l'Encyclopédie (suite et fin). Recherches sur Diderot et sur l'Encyclopédie Année 1990 Volume 8 Numéro 8 p. 101
- ↑ Genealogy of the family, Magimel. From genea.net, accessed on May 24, 2013 (French).
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| SURNAME | Magimel, Philippe-Antoine |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French goldsmith and encyclopedist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1692 |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 5, 1772 |
| Place of death | Paris |