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Anne Erroll
Anne Drummond, Countess of Erroll (5 January 1656 – c. 1719) was a Scottish Jacobite conspirator and naturalist. She contributed to reference books on the history and fauna of Scotland and used her home, New Slains Castle, to oversee communications between Scotland and France about the Jacobite effort to instate James Francis Edward Stuart, James Frances Edward Stuart as king. Family She was born Anne Drummond, youngest child of Earl of Perth, James Drummond, 3rd Earl of Perth, and his wife Lady Anne Drummond, who died as a result of the childbirth. Her brothers were James Drummond, 4th Earl of Perth, James Drummond, Lord Chancellor of Scotland under King James VII (also James II of England, James II of England), and John Drummond, 1st Earl of Melfort, John Drummond, his Secretary of Estate. On 1 October 1674 she married John Hay, 12th Earl of Erroll, John Hay, becoming Anne Hay, countess of Erroll, when her husband succeeded as the 12th earl of Erroll that year. She was referre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dictionnaire Historique Et Critique
The ''Dictionnaire Historique et Critique'' (; ) was a French biographical dictionary written by Pierre Bayle (1647–1706), a Huguenot philosopher who lived and published in Rotterdam, in the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands, after fleeing his native France due to religious persecution. In 1689, Bayle began making notes on errors and omissions in Louis Moreri's '' Grand Dictionaire historique'' (1674), a previous encyclopedia, and these notes ultimately developed into his own ''Dictionnaire''. Bayle used the dictionary to provide evidence of the irrationality of Christianity, to promote his views about religious tolerance, and his anti-authoritarian views on the topic of faith. The dictionary influenced the thinkers of the Age of Enlightenment, in particular Denis Diderot and the other Encyclopédistes. Publication history The first edition of Bayle's dictionary, published in 1697, comprised two volumes, each with two parts, so that it appeared as four physical books ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
