, seigneur de Bigot, a French poet, was born in May 1650, at Toulouse,
, seigneur de Bigot, a French poet,
was born in May 1650, at Toulouse, of a noble family.
He was a member of the academy of the Jeux Floraux,
became chief magistrate of Toulouse in 1675, when scarcely
twenty-five years of age and was made head of the consistory 1684, in which othce he acquitted himself with great
integrity. He went to Rome two years after, and at
length to Paris, in which city he chiefly resided from that
time, and where M. de Vendome fixed him in his service
in 1691, as one of his secretaries. He died October 23,
1721, at Paris, aged 71, leaving some “Comedies,
” and
a small collection of miscellaneous “Poems,
” most of
them addressed to M. de Vendome. M. Palaprat wrote for
the stage with his friend Brueis, and their works have been
collected in five small volumes 12mo, of which his is the
least part. His style is gay and lively, but he discovers
little genius or fancy, and he seems to have been indebted
for his literary reputation to his private character, which
was that of a man of great candour and simplicity.