Louis Moréri
Louis Moréri | |
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Louis Moréri, frontispiece, etching by Gerard Edelinck after a drawing by De Troyes, 17th century | |
| Born | 25 March 1643 |
| Died | 10 July 1680 (aged 37) |
Louis Moréri (25 March 1643 – 10 July 1680) was a French priest and encyclopedist. Moreri was the author of Le Grand Dictionaire historique, ou le mélange curieux de l'histoire sacrée et profane (literally, The Great Historical Dictionary or Curious Anthology of Sacred and Secular History). At least 24 editions of the encyclopedia were published between 1674 and 1759 and the encyclopedia was translated into a number of languages, including English, German, Dutch and Spanish.