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Who was Antoinette Champion and when did Denis Diderot marry her?
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Denis Diderot
Portrait of Denis Diderot, oil on canvas by Dimitry Levitzky, 18th century.
Antoinette Champion was the daughter of a linendraper whom Denis Diderot met in 1741. He married her in 1743 in a secret ceremony, as his father disapproved of the union.1