Pierre des Maizeaux

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Pierre des Maizeaux (also spelled "Desmaizeaux"). (1666?-1745). French Huguenot in exile in England. Member of the Royal Society. Colleague of Anthony Collins. Editor of the writings of John Locke (1720). Translator and biographer of Pierre Bayle. One of the key figures in the eighteenth century Republic of Letters and London's Huguenot diaspora. Des Maizeaux also translated the works of Charles de Saint-Évremond in English from the French published in 1714 during his exile in England. The book also described the author's life. The work was dedicated to the Right Honourable Charles Lord Halifax.


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