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Beausobre, Isaac

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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A Huguenot divine, born at Poitou; fled to Holland on the revocation of the Edict of Nantes, settled in Berlin, and became a notability in high quarters there; attracted the notice of the young Frederick, the Great that was to be, who sought introduction to him, and the young Frederick "got good conversation out of him"; author of a "History of Manichæism," praised by Gibbon, and of other books famous in their day, a translation of the New Testament for one (1659-1738).

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Beausobre, Isaac'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​b/beausobre-isaac.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
 
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