Jean Meslier

17th–18th century French priest and atheist (1664–1729)

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Facts

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Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[13]
Date of birth: June 15, 1664
Date of death: June 17, 1729
Place of birth: Mazerny
Place of death: Étrépigny
Country of citizenship: France^[9]
Occupation: philosopher, writer, Catholic priest, theologian
Field of work: philosophy^[10]
Religion or worldview: Catholic Church^[12]
Notable work: Testament^[11]
Languages spoken, written or signed: French^[23]
Archives at: International Institute of Social History^[16]
Copyright status as a creator: copyrights on works have expired
Described by source: Larousse Encyclopedia online, Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978), Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, Otto's encyclopedia, Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)^[18]^[19]^[20]^[21]^[22]
Given name: Jean^[17]
Movement: atheism, freethought^[14]^[15]
Name in native language: Jean Meslier^[24]
P14536: 341393
Writing language: French^[25]

🏷️ Also known as

en Jean Meslier ar جان ميلييه de Abbé Meslier de Curé Meslier de Meslier de Cure Meslier de Abbe Meslier el Ζαν Μελιέ fa ژان ملیه fr Abbé Meslier fr Curé Meslier ja ジャン・メリエ ko 장 멜리에 pl Abbé Meslier pl Curé Meslier pl Jan Meslier ru Жан Мелье ru Мелье ru Мелье, Жан sv Meslier

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VIAF cluster ID: 59086549
Library of Congress authority ID: n50036932
GND ID: 118581295
Academy of Athens authority ID: 26943
Angelicum ID: 17207
Archive Site Trinity College Cambridge ID: meslier-jean-1664-1729-priest-and-atheist
BAnQ authority ID: 0000916450
BHCL UUID: 5e58df9b-8ce6-4dd7-9121-449dd0b1f340
BHF author ID: 000005414
BIBSYS ID: 90739846
BNMM authority ID: 000026176

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Babelio author ID: 15412
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 11915728k
CANTIC ID: 981058524566006706
CERL Thesaurus ID: cnp01436576, cnp01317943
CONOR.SI ID: 222980195
Canadiana Name Authority ID: ncf12128111
CiNii Research ID: 1140563741586295296
DDB person (GND) ID: 118581295
Databazeknih.cz author ID: 77229
De Agostini ID: Meslier,+Jean
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID: 118581295
ELNET ID: a11270792
Enciclopedia Galega Universal ID: 151996
Encyclopædia Universalis ID: jean-meslier
FAST ID: 12572
Fandom article ID: cs.historika:Jean_Meslier
Freebase ID: /m/04zrts
Goodreads author ID: 846170
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID: jean-meslier
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme): 0042149
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017): 2203240
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IxTheo authority ID: 079375774
KBR person ID: 14086581
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Kallías ID: PE00303991
Krugosvet article (archived): sotsiologiya/mele-zhan
Les Archives du spectacle person ID: 234679
Libraries Australia ID: 35348189
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Museo Galileo authority ID: 187251
NACSIS-CAT author ID: DA02644445
NDL Authority ID: 01039078
NL CR AUT ID: skuk0000863
NLA Trove people ID: 920840
NUKAT ID: n96102856
National Library of Chile ID: 000138086
National Library of Greece ID: 167107
National Library of Israel ID (old): 000092575
National Library of Israel J9U ID: 987007265348805171
National Library of Latvia ID: 000307449
National Library of Lithuania ID: LNB:CBOW;=BH
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National Library of Portugal ID: 1648416
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Obálky knih ID: skuk0000863
Online PWN Encyclopedia ID: 3939903
Open Library ID: OL1639169A
OpenMLOL author ID: 168829
Oxford Reference overview ID: 20110803100152128
Parsifal cluster ID: 164451
Project Gutenberg author ID: 7485
Quora topic ID: Jean-Meslier
RERO ID (legacy): A000113378
SBN author ID: MILV094610
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SVKKL authority ID: p0031914-Meslier-Jean-16641729
Treccani ID: jean-meslier
Treccani's Dizionario di Filosofia ID: jean-meslier
University of Barcelona authority ID: 981058524566006706
University of Barcelona authority ID (former scheme): a1319070
Vatican Library ID (former scheme): ADV12311784
Vatican Library VcBA ID: 495/197528
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJdctMR3PBWtWkpkTrMVmd
Yale LUX ID: person/866db93a-326c-4649-a6e6-d79023c6d00c

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Occupation 3

writer, philosopher, Catholic priest

Movement 2

atheism, freethought

Archives at 1

International Institute of Social History

Country of citizenship 1

France

Described by source 1

Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia

Field of work 1

philosophy

Given name 1

Jean

Instance of 1

human

Languages spoken, written or signed 1

French

Place of birth 1

Mazerny

Place of death 1

Étrépigny

Religion or worldview 1

Catholic Church

Sex or gender 1

male

Writing language 1

French

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Summary

Jean Meslier was born on June 15, 1664^[1], in Mazerny^[2]. He died on June 17, 1729^[3], in Étrépigny^[4]. He worked as a philosopher^[5], writer^[6], Catholic priest^[7], and theologian^[8].

FAQs

Where was Jean Meslier born?

Jean Meslier's place of birth was Mazerny^[2].

Where did Jean Meslier die?

Jean Meslier passed away in Étrépigny^[4].

What did Jean Meslier do for work?

Jean Meslier worked as a philosopher^[5], writer^[6], Catholic priest^[7], and theologian^[8].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Jean Meslier — place of birth (P19): Mazerny. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Jean Meslier — place of death (P20): Étrépigny. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Jean Meslier — sex or gender (P21): male. BnF authorities. Retrieved 2015-10-10. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Jean Meslier — country of citizenship (P27): France. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Jean Meslier — field of work (P101): philosophy. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Jean Meslier — occupation (P106): philosopher. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Jean Meslier — occupation (P106): writer. Retrieved 2019-05-23. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Jean Meslier — occupation (P106): Catholic priest. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Jean Meslier — occupation (P106): theologian. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Jean Meslier — movement (P135): atheism. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Jean Meslier — movement (P135): freethought. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Jean Meslier — religion or worldview (P140): Catholic Church. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Jean Meslier — archives at (P485): International Institute of Social History. hdl.handle.net. Retrieved 2017-11-12. hdl.handle.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Jean Meslier — date of birth (P569): June 15, 1664. BnF authorities. Retrieved 2015-10-10. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Jean Meslier — date of death (P570): June 17, 1729. SNAC. Retrieved 2017-10-09. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Jean Meslier — given name (P735): Jean. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Jean Meslier — notable work (P800): Testament. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Jean Meslier — described by source (P1343): Larousse Encyclopedia online. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Jean Meslier — described by source (P1343): Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978). wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Jean Meslier — described by source (P1343): Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Jean Meslier — described by source (P1343): Otto's encyclopedia. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Jean Meslier — described by source (P1343): Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947). wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Jean Meslier — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): French. BnF authorities. Retrieved 2015-10-10. wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ Jean Meslier — name in native language (P1559): Jean Meslier. wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ Jean Meslier — writing language (P6886): French. wikidata.org.

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19w ago · Printstream · 2026-06-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗

P14536 → 341393

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21w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗

SVKKL authority ID → p0031914-Meslier-Jean-16641729

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CERL Thesaurus ID → cnp01436576, cnp01317943

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