Jean-Pierre Bérenger (1737– June, 1807) was a editor, historian, translator and pamphletist from the

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. He was born in

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to a family not native to the city, hence lacking citizenship. He studied in Geneva, and appears to have led a movement to gain political rights for similar residents, prompting his exile in 1770 by the Council of Ten. He moved to

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, where he began to write. He was allowed to return to Geneva in 1781, where he successfully continued to agitate for participation. He corresponded by mail frequently with

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. Among his works, either written or edited, were:. *''Il quadro storico e politico delle Ginevra nel XVIII secolo'' by Francis d'Yvernois, (1782) *Geografia di Busching, compendiata negli oggeti piu rilevanti, aumentat in quei che sembrarono esserlo , da per tutto ritoccata ed ornata di un compendio della storia di tutti gli stati (1776) *Raccolta di tutti i viaggi fatti intorno al mondo (1789) *Gli Amanti repubbicani *Lettere di Niciea e Cinira (1782) *''Corso di Geografia storica, antica, e moderna'' del su Frédéric-Samuel Ostervald 1803 *''Laura ed Augusto'' *''Storia de' tre viaggi intorno al mondo di

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'', ridotta a comune intelligenza *''

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giustificato verso la sua patria'' *''Stato delle prigioni di Europa 1788'', translation of the work in English by

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Berenger Jean-Pierre 1737 births 1807 deaths People from the Republic of Geneva Immigrants to Switzerland 18th-century Swiss historians Writers from Geneva