Jean Reynaud
Jean Ernest Reynaud (French pronunciation: socialist philosopher.
He was a member of the
Saint-Simonian community. He was a co-founder of the Encyclopédie nouvelle
.
Life
He was born in
Oldenbourg and Westphalia. He then spent a further two months studying mines in Belgium and the Netherlands. He graduated from the mining school in 1830.[1]
He was briefly imprisoned in the uprising of 1830. In 1854 he invented a new religious philosophy regarding the transmigration of souls which he saw as compatible both with traditional Christian views and modern ideas regarding reincarnation.[2]
He died in Paris on 28 June 1863 and was buried there in
Pere Lachaise Cemetery
.
Publications
- Minéralogie des Gens du Monde (1836)
- Histoire Élémentaire des Minéraux Usuels (1842)
- Terre et Ciel (1854)
References
- David Albert Griffiths, Jean Reynaud, encyclopédiste de l’époque romantique, d’après sa correspondance inédite, Paris : M. Rivière, 1965.
External links
- Biographical sketch (in Italian)
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