Michel, Francesque, French antiquary, born at Lyons; was commissioned by the French Government in 1835 to visit the libraries of England in the interest of the history and literature of France; was a most erudite man, and edited a great many works belonging to the Middle Ages; wrote even on the Scottish language and Scottish civilisation (1809‒1887).
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Michaelmas * Michelet, Jules