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1699 – 1777Marie Therese Geoffrin (1699-1777)Died 6 October 1777, aged 78Parisian salonniere whose gatherings brought together leading philosophers, artists, and writers of the French Enlightenment, including Diderot and d'Alembert. She helped fund the Encyclopedie and corresponded with European royalty, including Catherine the Great and Stanislaus II of Poland. Her salon was considered one of the most influential intellectual circles of eighteenth-century Europe.