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<p> a French Unitarian, was born at Uzes, in Languedoc, Nov. 11, 1679. Though his mother was a Protestant, he was forcibly placed in a [[Roman]] [[Catholic]] seminary, to be educated as a Papist. His mother succeeded in recovering him, and placed him at school in Geneva. At nineteen he traveled into [[Holland]] and England, and became the friend of Bayle and Newton. Returning to Geneva, he rendered important assistance to a society engaged in preparing a translation of the New [[Testament]] into French (published in 1726). In 1727 he was appointed public librarian in Geneva, and was presented with the freedom of the city. He died at Geneva, March 20, 1767. Though not a copious writer, he was a man of great reputation in his day, both in philosophy and theology. Newton declared him "a fit man to judge between [[Leibnitz]] and himself." Rousseau describes him as the ‘‘ wise and modest Abauzit," and [[Voltaire]] pronounced him "a great man." His knowledge was extensive in the whole circle of antiquities, in ancient history, geography, and chronology. His manuscripts were burned after his death by his relatives at Uzes, who had become Romanists; his printed works are collected, in part, in OEuvres Diverses de [[Firmin]] Abauzit (Amsterdam, 1773, 2 vols.). Many of his theological writings are contained in a volume entitled Miscellanies on Historical, Theological, and Critical Subjects, transl. by E. Harwood, D.D. (Lond. 1774, 8vo). A list of his works is given by Haag, La [[France]] Protestante, 1:3. See, also, Hoefer, Biog. Generale, 1:38. </p>

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<ref name="term_17393"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/abauzit,+firmin Firmin Abauzit from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref>