Antoine-Augustin Bruzen de La Martinière

Who is Antoine-Augustin Bruzen de La Martinière?

'Antoine-Augustin Bruzen de La Martinière or de la Martiniere, born at Dieppe in 1683 and died in The Hague on 19 June 1746, was a French polymath. His main work was the Grand Dictionnaire Geographique Et Critique published in ten volumes between 1726 and 1739. Thanks to the munificence of his patrons, he lived at the court of Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, then Francesco Farnese, Duke of Parma. He was also employed by king Philip V of Spain.