<em>The Enlightenment thinker that co-founded and edited the Encyclopédie was Diderot.</em>
Denis Diderot (1713-1784) was a French writer and philosopher that edit the English Encyclopedia of Ephraim Chambers and translated from English into French. He also contributed with 35 volumes and the document was called"Encyclopedia or Reasoned Dictionary of Arts and Crafts." For this to happen, he collaborated with Montesquieu and Voltaire. So it is true that the Enlightenment thinker that co-founded and edited the Encyclopédie was Diderot.
In September 1792, the new National Convention abolished the monarchy and declared France a republic. Louis was found guilty of treason and executed at the guillotine on 21 January 1793.
