, a man of considerable learning in classical criticism, was born
, a man of considerable learning in classical criticism, was born Nov. 1, 1645, in the
diocese of Rouen, and entered the society of the Jesuits in
1664, completing his vows in 1679. His immoderate and
incessant application to study, operating upon a delicate
constitution, shortened his days, and he diedin the Jesuits’
college at Paris, Dec. 6, 1684. He was one of the French
literati employed in preparing the Delphin classics, and
edited Justin in 1677, 4to, and Valerius Maximus in 1679,
enriched with six dissertations, on the names, families,
inagistrates, &c. of the Romans. He published also, 1.
“De Rouiana llepublica, de re militari et civiii Romanorum,
” Paris, Metropolitanarum urbium historia civilis et
ecclesiastica, tomus primus, &c.
” Paris,