, grand nephew of the preceding, was born at Besanon, where his father was an advocate, in 1697,
, grand nephew of the
preceding, was born at Besanon, where his father was an
advocate, in 1697, and died at Amsterdam in 1732. In
this city he was employed in the journals, to relieve the
distress he brought upon himself by quitting the post of
secretary and librarian to marechal d'Estres, and marrying without any fortune. He left “Hist. Critiques des
Journaux qui s’imprimenten France,
” 2 vols. 12mo; “Bibliotheque des Livres nouveaux,
” of which only 2 vols. have
appeared. The first four volumes of the “Bibliotheque
Fran9oise,
” which consists of 34 vols. 4to; “Melanges de
Litterature,
” taken from manuscript letters of Chapelain,
&c. 12mo. He appears to have been of an unsteady temper, never studying but to relieve his necessities, and
shifting from one pursuit to another without completing
any.
, a physician and politician, was born at Besanon, a town of Franche Comte, in 1588. He was descended
, a physician and politician,
was born at Besanon, a town of Franche Comte, in 1588.
He was descended from a family distinguished by literary
merit, as well as by the services it had done its country.
He was educated at Besanc/ni, and then travelled through
several parts of Europe, where he became acquainted with
all the men of letters, and in every place made his way
into the cabinets of the curious. At his return he applied
himself to the practice of physic; but being sent by the
town of Besan^on, where he had been consul, on an embassy to Elizabeth Clara Eugenia, archduchess of the Low
Countries, that princess was so pleased with him, that she
prevailed with him to continue with her in quality of physician in ordinary. Afterwards he became physician to
Philip IV. of Spain, who honoured him very highly, and
treated him with great kindness. Chifflet imagined, that
these bounties and honours obliged him to take up arms
against all who were at variance with his master; and accordingly wrote his book entitled “Vindiciae Hispanicse,
”
against the French. He wrote several pieces in Latin,
which were both ingenious and learned, and were collected
and published at Antwerp, 1659, fol.