Person: NOLLET, Abbé Jean-Antoine (1700-1770)

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Biographical summary of this person

Full name

Abbé Jean-Antoine NOLLET

Gender

male

Relevance of this person

clergyman and scientist who described magic lanterns

Main period of activity

N/A

Chronology

Date

Age

Event/activity

19 November 1700

born at

Pimprez, Oise, France

25 April 1770

died at

Paris, France

References

David Robinson, Stephen Herbert and Richard Crangle (editors), Encyclopaedia of the magic lantern (London: Magic Lantern Society, 2001), p. 211

Willem Tebra, ‘[Book review: Magie lumineuse]’ in NMLJ 2.2 (January 1982), p. 12

Hermann Hecht, ‘Decalcomania: some preliminary investigations into the history of transfer slides’ in NMLJ 1.3 (March 1980), p. 3

Lucerna ID 6003635

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 12 May 2015

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Person: NOLLET, Abbé Jean-Antoine (1700-1770)