Johann Heinrich Samuel Formey [SEP] date of death
Johann Heinrich Samuel Formey
Johann Heinrich Samuel Formey (; 31 May 1711– 7 March 1797) was a German churchman, educator, author, and journalist. The son of an immigrant French family, he preached, taught, and wrote in French. A founding member of the Berlin Academy, he wrote thousands of letters, popularized scientific and philosophical ideas, and also contributed to Diderot's "Encyclopédie".
Life.
Formey was born in Berlin, Brandenburg, as the son of immigrant Huguenots. His mother died
(died 1787)
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