Boulainvilliers, Henri

Boulainvilliers, Henri count of a French philosopher, was born at St. Saire, in Normandy, October 11, 1658, and died January 23, 1722. He was an enthusiastic admirer of Mohammed, and a fierce opponent of Christianity. He wrote Refutation des Erreurs de B. de Spinosa (Brussels, 1731). See Tennemann, Geschichte der Philosophie, 10:486; EErseh u. Gruber, Encyklop. s.v.; Hefele, in Wetzer u. Welte's Kirchenlexikon, s.v. (B.P.)