| Authorised form of name | Coste; Pierre (1668 - 1747) |
| Other forms of name | Peter |
| Dates | 1668 - 1747 |
| Nationality | French |
| Place of birth | Uzes, France |
| Date of birth | 27 October 1668 |
| Place of death | Paris, France |
| Date of death | 24 January 1747 |
| Activity | Career:
Went to Geneva after the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes, then to Lausanne and Zurich, and finally Leyden where he met John Locke; worked as a translator and proof-corrector; went to England to stay with Locke (1697); translated Locke's 'Essay on human understanding'; Tutor to the sons of Edward Coste MP, of Chipley, Somerset; Tutor to John Hobart, and to Ashley Cooper, son of the 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury; went to Paris (c1735); returned to England after his wife's death
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 25/11/1742 |
| Relationships | Son of a woollen cloth merchant; married (1735, in Paris) |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
References:
J A Lohne, 'Experimentum Crucis' in NR 1968 vol 23 pp 169-199 |
| Code | NA8184 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EC/1742/19 | Coste, Pierre: certificate of election to the Royal Society | 25 November 1742 |