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== Additional encyclopedia biography of Paul-Henri Thiry ==
== Additional encyclopedia biography of Paul-Henri Thiry ==
[[File:Atheism.jpg|thumb|alt=atheism|right|201px|[[Portrait]] of Paul-Henri Thiry, Baron d'Holbach (1723 - 1789) was an early advocate of atheism in [[Europe]].]]
Encylopedia.com provides a short biography of Paul-Henri Thiry which indicates:
Encylopedia.com provides a short biography of Paul-Henri Thiry which indicates:
{{Cquote|Born in December 1723 in Edesheim not far from Karlsruhe in the Palatinate, Paul Henri Thiry was baptized a [[Roman Catholicism|Roman Catholic]]. When he was 12 years old, his father took him to an ennobled and financially successful uncle, Franciscus Adam d'Holbach, a naturalized Frenchman living in [[Paris]]. From him the young Thiry received his upbringing, a fortune, and a new surname. After an early education in Paris, Paul Henri d'Holbach went in 1744 to the [[university]] at Leiden. By 1749 the young man had returned to France and become naturalized, and in 1753 he inherited his uncle's title and fortune.
{{Cquote|Born in December 1723 in Edesheim not far from Karlsruhe in the Palatinate, Paul Henri Thiry was baptized a [[Roman Catholicism|Roman Catholic]]. When he was 12 years old, his father took him to an ennobled and financially successful uncle, Franciscus Adam d'Holbach, a naturalized Frenchman living in [[Paris]]. From him the young Thiry received his upbringing, a fortune, and a new surname. After an early education in Paris, Paul Henri d'Holbach went in 1744 to the [[university]] at Leiden. By 1749 the young man had returned to France and become naturalized, and in 1753 he inherited his uncle's title and fortune.