SIMON NICOLAS HENRI LINGUET
\sˈa͡ɪmən nˈɪkələz hˈɛnɹi lˈɪŋt], \sˈaɪmən nˈɪkələz hˈɛnɹi lˈɪŋt], \s_ˈaɪ_m_ə_n n_ˈɪ_k_ə_l_ə_z h_ˈɛ_n_ɹ_i l_ˈɪ_ŋ_t]\
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A French writer of history; born at Rheims, July 14, 1736; died June 27, 1794. He won great fame by his "History of the Age of Alexander" (1762), and his "Judiciary Memoirs" (7 vols.). Of his numerous works on laws, politics, science, etc., these may be mentioned: "History of the Revolutions of the Roman Empire" (2 vols.); "Theory of the Civil Law" (1767); "Impartial History of the Jesuits" (1768); "Memoirs on the Bastille" (1783).
By Charles Dudley Warner
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