Pierre Tarin

Ostéo-graphie, by Pierre Tarin.

Pierre Tarin (1725–1761) was a French doctor, writer, and translator, born in Courtenay, Orléanais. He is best known for his contributions to Encyclopédie by Diderot and D'Alembert.

Tarin was one of the primary contributors to anatomy and physiology entries in the Encyclopédie. He contributed more than 370 entries.

Biography

Tarin was born in Courtenay, Loiret. He studied at the University of Paris Faculty of Medicine.

Conflicting records give his year of death as either 1761 or 1793.

Publications

Articles in Encyclopédie

References

  1. ↑ Antoine Laurent Jessé Bayle (1855). Biographie médicale par ordre chronologique (in French). Vol. 2. Adolphe Delahaye. p. 738.
  2. ↑ Kafker, Frank A.: Notices sur les auteurs des 17 volumes de "discours" de l'Encyclopédie (suite et fin). Recherches sur Diderot et sur l'Encyclopédie Année (1990) Volume 8 Numéro 8 pp. 120–121
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Kafker, Frank A.; Kafker, Serena L. (1988). "Tarin, Pierre (1721–1793?), the little-known, main contributor on anatomy and physiology. His articles are designated by the symbol "L".". The Encyclopedists as Individuals: A Biographical Dictionary of the Authors of the Encyclopédie. Oxford: Voltaire Foundation.

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