Person Coste; Pierre (1668 - 1747) Coste Pierre Peter 1668 - 1747 French Male Uzes, France 27 October 1668 Paris, France 24 January 1747

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 Son of a woollen cloth merchant; married (1735, in Paris) Fellow 25/11/1742 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB References: J A Lohne, 'Experimentum Crucis' in NR 1968 vol 23 pp 169-199 International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 27 Oct 1668 - 24 Jan 1747 NA8184 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes b9d1554c-e09a-4284-8450-0458525c67ea