NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Motteux, Peter Anthony, 1660-1718 DNB: Motteux, Peter Anthony [formerly Pierre-Antoine Le Motteux] (1663-1718), journalist and translator LBT ID: PeMotte1718 VIAF ID: 49572077 LOC ID: n50016854 | B/BAP: 1663-02-25 DIED: 1718-02-19 |
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Born in Rouen, France, he acquired fame as the English translator of Rabelais and
Cervantes. He died in a whorehouse under suspicious circumstances. | |