Peter Desmaizeaux ( ? 1672 - 1745 )

Birth: 1672 or 1673 Death: 11 July 1745 Profession: Author Education: Academy of Berne (1690-1695); Geneva (1695-1699) Career: Fled to Avenches, Switzerland, with his family after the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes (1685); came to England at the invitation of the 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury (1699); lived by tutoring and doing literary work; awarded a pension of 3s 6d a day (1709); worked as literary agent and editor; Gentleman of the Privy Chamber (1722) Membership: Fellow Election Date: 3/11/1720.