Antoine Achard (1696–1772) was a

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minister born in

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. He settled in

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in 1724 where he received the title of privy counsellor and was admitted into the

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in 1743. He died in 1772.Antoine Achard
in the

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. After his death two volumes of his sermons were prepared, and they were published in 1774.

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