B. de M. did not attend university, but he received an excellent classical education.
France
his books: Description de l'Égypte, Paris 1735 & La Haye 1740; Telliamed (his name in reverse), based on manuscripts written between 1722 and 1732, publ. after his death in 1748 (Reprint Paris 1984)
abbé Le Mascrier ;
natural history, architectural, and archaeological drawing, esp. in Egypt of pyramids
http://pyramidales.over-blog.com/article-les-fameuses-pyramides-selon-benoit-de-maillet-5e-partie-73774456.html ; ...-1e-partie-73775237.html etc.
Editor's introduction to de B.de M. Telliamed ... transl. & edited by Albert V. Carozzi (Chicago & London: University of Illinois Press, 1968) ; Claudine Cohen: La Genèse de Telliamed. Benoît de Maillet et l'histoire naturelle à l'aube des Lumières ( Paris 1989) ;
well-travelled French diplomat, explorer and natural historian, who execute accurate field observations & interested in evolution; French consul general at Cairo 1692–1708),, at Leghorn (1712–1717)and overseer in the Levant & in the Barbarous states from 1715 until his retirement
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