Voltaire. (From Various Authorities)
Philo
Genre: | Biography |
Subjects: | Scientific Practitioners, Representation, Heroism, Entomology |
People mentioned: | François Huber , Pierre Huber |
Describes Voltaire's bedroom, 'just as he left it in 1777', round the walls of which were 'bad prints of Washington, Franklin, Sir Isaac Newton, and several other celebrated personages' (62). A footnote relates an anecdote concerning the Huber family. |
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