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| Date from | Date to | Event | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1708 | Appointed Contrôleur de la Marine at Brest | ref:673 | |
| 1712 | He is a surveyor student at the Academy of Sciences in Paris. He accompanied the Duke of Aumont , Ambassador Extraordinary , to England . | ref:673 | |
| 1716 | Assistant surveyor at Brest . | ref:673 | |
| 1716 | Appointed Commissaire Ordinaire de la Marine | ref:673 | |
| 1736 | Appointed Commissaire Général de la Marine at Rochefort | ref:673 | |
| 1746 | Resigned from the Navy | ref:673 |
Membre de l’Académie des Belles lettres, Sciences et Arts de La Rochelle.
Membre de l’Académie des sciences de Berlin.
He left several scientific and technical treatises (notably Critical History of Philosophy , Essay on the Navy and on Commerce ).
Considered "one of the philosophers who prepared the encyclopedists' attacks on religions" or as a worldly philosopher, treated by Voltaire as a "beautiful provincial spirit".