Le Clerc, John

otherwise Johannes Cleric us, liberal Swi theologian and controversialist, born at Geneva; studied philosophy and theology there, and at Paris and London; became profe or in the Remonstrant Seminary in Amsterdam in 1684, but lost his speech in 1728; his voluminous writings include commentaries on the whole Bible, which contained opinions on the authorship and composition of the Pent a teuch, and the inspiration of the wisdom books, then startling but since much in favour (1657-1736).