, D. D. a very eloquent French protcstant preacher at the Savoy in London,
, D. D. a very eloquent French
protcstant preacher at the Savoy in London, and a fellow of
the royal society, was born about 1679 at St. Pargoire in
Lower Languedoc, and was the son and brother of two
distinguished protestant clergymen. Of his history, however, our memoirs are very scanty. It appears that he had
a congregation first at Amsterdam, whence he was invited
to that of the Savoy in London, where he died Jan. 16,
1763. His character was that of an universal scholar, a
deep divine, a devotee to truth, and a most benevolent
and disinterested man. Among: his works are, 1. “La Vie
et les Sentimens de Lucilio Vanini,
” Rotterdam, Histoire
de la Peinture ancienne,
” from Pliny’s Natural History,
with the Latin text, and notes, Lond. 1725, fol. without
his name. [3. “A volume of Sermons in French,
” Lond.
Hist, naturelle del‘Oretde l’Argent,
” edited
in the same manner, C. Plinii historiae naturalis ad Titum imperatorem pra?fatio,
” collated
with ancient Mss. &c. Lond. 1728, 8vo. 6. An edition
of Telemachus, with notes and illustrations, and a life of
Fenelon, Hamburgh, 1731, 2 vols. 12mo, and revised by
Dr. Durand for Watts of London, 1745. 7. “Histoire du
XVI Siecle,
” Lond. 1725 29, 6 vols. 8vo, on the plan of
Perizonius. 8. “Onzieme et douzieme volumes de l‘Hist.
d’Angleterre par Rapin,
” Hague, Academica, sive de judicio erga verum,
in ipsis primis fontibus, opera P. Valentiae Zafrensis, editio
jiova emendatior,
” Lond. Exercices Francais et
Anglais,
” Lond. Dissertation en forme
cTentretien sur la Prosodie Francaise,
” prefixed to Boyer’s Dictionary. 12. “Eclaircissemens sur le toi et sur le
vous,
” ibid.