Tag: Louis XIV

Abraham de Moivre was born in France in 1667, a year after the Great Fire in London. de Moivre arrived in London in the late 1680s. Leading up to his emigration, life in France for Huguenots, i.e. French Protestants, was growing ever more uncomfortable. As Louis XIV consolidated power, he grew to see religious tolerance as a … Continue reading de Moivre’s Shortcut