Peter Anthony Motteux translated many French works into English, authoring many works himself, as well as publishing in the press.
Reference:
David Hopkins, Motteux, Peter Anthony (16631718), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2006 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/19423, accessed 22 June 2011].
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