Name Didier Diderot Died June 3, 1759 Grandchildren Angelique Diderot | Role Denis Diderot's father Children Denis Diderot | |
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Didier Diderot (14 September 1685 in Langres - 3 June 1759 ibid) was a French craftsman and the father of the encyclopedist, author, philosopher of enlightenment Denis Diderot.
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Didier Diderot descended from families of local craftsmen from the city of Langres, Champagne. His father, Denis Diderot (1654-1726), senior, was a master craftsman, or rather a knife forgemaster, maitre coutelier, and his mother was Nicole Beligne (1655-1692). On 20 June 1679 both had married. Nicole Beligne was born on 1655 as the daughter of a wealthy artisan family. Her father was Francois Beligne (1625-1697) who was also knife blacksmith, her mother was Catherine Grassot. From his father-in-law Beligne Didier Diderot adopted the labeling of their own products: a pearl, la perle. Didier (compare also Desiderius of Langres) had five brothers - but Didier was the second son - and one sister; these were Antoine Thomas (1682-1755), Claude (1687-1689), Francois (* 1688), Felix (* 1689) and Didier (* 1690) and Catherine Diderot (* 1690).
Didier Diderot married on 19 January 1712 in Chassigny Angelique Vigneron (12 October 1677 - 1 October 1748). She was the daughter of the tanner, tanneur Francois Vigneron (died in 1679) and Jeanne Aramite Humblot (died in 1710) from Langres. Didier Diderot was close to the Jansenism. Later they had three sons and four daughters, one son died shortly after his birth in 1712, followed by Denis (1713-1784) and Didier-Pierre (1722-1787), the canon of Langres, Langres chanoine ecrivain (see also Roman Catholic Diocese of Langres) and the sisters Denise (1715-1797), Catherine (1716-1718), Catherine (* 1719) and Angelique Diderot (* 1720). Angelique Diderot joined the ursulines.
The family lived around the year 1713 in the center of Langres, Place Chambeau today the n ° 9 de la place dans le center ville de Langres, a place that now bears the name of Denis Diderot.
Didier Diderot was a specialist in the manufacture of medical and surgical cutting instruments, and his lancets were sought after by teaching doctors.