Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens
Jean-Baptiste de Boyer Marquis d'Argens | |
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Portrait by Jakob van der Schley, 1738 | |
| Born | 24 June 1704 Aix-en-Provence, France |
| Died | 11 January 1771 (aged 66) Château de La Garde, Toulon, France |
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| Era | Age of Enlightenment |
| Region | French philosophy |
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Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens (24 June 1704 – 11 January 1771) was a French rationalist, author and critic of the Catholic Church, who was a close friend of Voltaire and spent much of his life in exile at the court of Frederick the Great.