Philippe-Antoine Magimel
French goldsmith and encyclopédistes
About Philippe-Antoine Magimel
Lived 1692 – 1772 (aged 79–80). Philippe-Antoine Magimel was a French goldsmith and encyclopédistes.
Philippe-Antoine Magimel (1692 – 5 October 1772, Paris) was a French goldsmith and encyclopédiste.
He was the son of the master goldsmith Antoine Magimel († 1702) from Paris and Marie-Françoise Leblond (1667–1756). Philippe-Antoine Magimel was married to Elisabeth-Marguerite Descoties († 1770), the couple had two children Antoine-Edouard and Augustin-Simon Magimel.
He wrote the articles Orfèvrerie and Orfèvre for the Encyclopédie by Denis Diderot.
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French goldsmith and encyclopédistes
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Philippe-Antoine Magimel was born in 1692.
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Philippe-Antoine Magimel died on 5 October 1772 in Paris.
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Philippe-Antoine Magimel was a goldsmith and encyclopédistes.
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