Life
He was the son of James (Jacques) Bernard, a Huguenot minister known as a man of letters. He received his education at the University of Leyden, where he took degrees in arts and philosophy. In 1733 he was settled in London, and earning a livelihood by preaching, giving lessons in literature and mathematics, and compiling for the booksellers. [1]
Bernard was admitted a Fellow of the Royal Society in January 1738. He died in the parish of St. Marylebone, on 6 April 1760. [1]
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