Abel Boyer
(1667–1729)

French-English lexicographer, journalist and writer

Abel Boyer

Works

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  • The Complete French Master (1694)
  • Dictionnaire Royal Français et Anglais, divisé en deux parties (1702)
  • The English Theophrastus (1702)
  • History of William III. (1702))
  • The History of the Reign of Queen Anne digested into annals (1703-1713, in 11 annual volumes)
  • The Political State of Great Britain, being an impartial account of the most material occurrences, ecclesiastical, civil, and military, in a monthly letter to a friend in Holland (1711-29, in 38 vols).
  • History of Queen Anne (1722)
  • Memoirs of the Life and Negotiations of Sir William Temple, Bart., containing the most important occurrences and the most secret springs of affairs in Christendom from the year 1655 to the year 1681; with an account of Sir W. Temple's writings (1714)
  • Le Grand Théâtre de 1'Honneur (1729)

Plays

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  • Achilles or Iphigenia in Aulis, a tragedy written by Mr. Boyer (1700)

Translations

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  • Télémaque (1728, 12th ed.), by Fénelon

Works about Boyer

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Some or all works by this author were published before January 1, 1929, and are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.

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