Person: GUYOT, Edmé-Gilles (1706-1786)

Person summary

Biographical summary of this person

Full name

Edmé-Gilles GUYOT

Gender

male

Relevance of this person

geographer and scientist; author of books relating to magic lantern

Main period of activity

N/A

Chronology

Date

Age

Event/activity

1706

born at

France

1786

~80

died at

Paris, France

Texts linked to this person

Book (1)

Edmé-Gilles Guyot, Nouvelles récréations physiques et mathématiques (Paris: 1769)

References

David Robinson, Stephen Herbert and Richard Crangle (editors), Encyclopaedia of the magic lantern (London: Magic Lantern Society, 2001), p. 130

William Hooper and Ron Morris, ‘The magical theatre’ in NMLJ 2.3 (January 1983), p. 17

Lucerna ID 6003594

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 13 December 2011

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Person: GUYOT, Edmé-Gilles (1706-1786)