Ephraim Chambers
English writer and encyclopaedist · Writers · Lived 1680 to 1740 · aged 60
Ephraim Chambers was an English writer and encyclopaedist, who is primarily known for producing the Cyclopaedia, or an Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences. Chambers' Cyclopædia is known as the original source material for the French Encyclopédie that started off as a translation of Cyclopædia.
Ephraim Chambers is read about 21 times a day, in 21 languages.
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Lived 1680 to 1740 · aged 60