Anne-Antoinette Diderot, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetAnne-Antoinette Diderot
wife of Denis Diderot
Date of Birth: 
Place of Birth: La Ferté-Bernard, Pays de la Loire, France
About Anne-Antoinette Diderot
- Anne-Antoinette Diderot (born Anne-Antoinette Champion 22 February 1710 – 10 April 1796) was the wife of the pioneer encyclopedist Denis Diderot and the mother of his only surviving child, Marie-Angélique Diderot (1753–1824).The marriage took place in the teeth of parental opposition and accordingly, after dark on a Wednesday night, under conditions of secrecy.
- Sources indicate that the couple's life together was not without incident, but the marriage nevertheless endured from 1743 until the death of the philosopher in 1784.
Read more at Wikipedia