ADRIEN See also:

• ADRIEN BAILLET (1649-1706)

BAILLET (1649-1706)  , See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French See also:

• SCHOLAR, SCHOLARSHIP

scholar and critic, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born on the 13th of See also:

• JUNE

June 1649, at the See also:

• VILLAGE

village of See also:

• NEUVILLE, ALPHONSE MARIE DE (1836-1885)

Neuville near See also:

• BEAUVAIS

Beauvais, in See also:

• PICARDY (La Picardie)

Picardy . His parents could only afford to send him to a small school in the village, but he picked up some Latin from the friars of a neighbouring See also:

• CONVENT (Lat. conventus, from convenire, to come together)

convent, who brought him under the See also:

• NOTICE

notice of the See also:

• BISHOP (A.S. bisceop, from Lat. episcopus, Gr. irio-Korros, " overlooker " or " overseer ")
• BISHOP, ISABELLA (1832-1904)
• BISHOP, SIR HENRY ROWLEY (1786-1855)

bishop of Beauvais . By his kindness See also:

• BAILLET, ADRIEN (1649-1706)

Baillet received a thorough See also:

• EDUCATION

education at the theological See also:

• SEMINARY (Lat. seminarium, from semen, seed)

seminary, and was afterwards appointed to a See also:

• POST

post as teacher in the See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

college of Beauvais . In 1676 he was ordained See also:

• PRIEST (Ger. Priester, Fr. pretre)

priest and was presented to a small vicarage . He accepted in 168o the See also:

• APPOINTMENT, POWER OF

appointment of librarian to M. de See also:

• LAMOIGNON

Lamoignon, See also:

• ADVOCATE (Lat. advocatus, from advocare, to summon, especially in law to call in the aid of a counsel or witness, and so generally to summon to one's assistance)

advocate-See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general to the See also:

• PARLEMENT (see PARLIAMENT)

parlement of See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris, of whose library he made a See also:

• CATALOGUE (a Fr. adaptation of the Gr. KaraXoyos, a register, from Karalyety, to enrol or pick out)

catalogue raisonne (35 vols.), all written with his own See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand . The See also:

• REMAINDER, REVERSION

remainder of his See also:

• LIFE

life was spent in incessant, unremitting labour; so keen was his devotion to study that he allowed himself only five See also:

• HOURS, CANONICAL

hours a See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day for See also:

• REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest . He died on the 21st of See also:

• JANUARY

January 1706 . Of his numerous See also:

• WORKS

works the following are the most conspicuous: (1) Histoire de Hollande depuis la treve de 16o9 jusqu'd 1690 (4 vols . 1693), a continuation of See also:

• GROTIUS, HUGO (1583-1645)

Grotius, and published under the name of La Neuville, (2) See also:

• LES

Les Vies See also:

• DES

des See also:

• SAINTS, BATTLE OF THE

saints ... (4 vols . 1701), (3) Des Satires personelles, traits historique et critique de celles qui portent le titre d' See also:

• ANTI, or CAMPA

Anti (2 vols . 1689), (4) See also:

• VIE

Vie de See also:

• DESCARTES, RENE (1596-1650)

Descartes (2 vols.1691),(5) A uteurs deguises sous des noms strangers, empruntes, erc .

(169o), (6) Jugemens des savans sur les principaux ouvrages des auteurs (9 vols . 1685–1686) . The last is the most celebrated and useful of all his works . At the See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time of his See also:

• DEATH

death he was engaged on a Dictionnaire universelle ecclesiastique . The praise bestowed on the Jansenists in the Jugemens des savans brought down on Baillet the hatred of the See also:

• JESUITS

Jesuits, and his Vie des saints, in which he brought his See also:

• CRITICAL (in alphabetical order of authors)

critical mind to See also:

• BEAR
• BEAR, BLACK
• BEAR, BROWN
• BEAR, GRIZZLY
• BEAR, ISABELLINE
• BEAR, WHITE

bear on the question of miracles, caused some See also:

• SCANDAL

scandal . His Vie de Descartes is219 a mine of See also:

• INFORMATION (from Lat. informare, to give shape or form to, to represent, describe)

information on the philosopher and his See also:

• WORK

work, derived from numerous unimpeachable authorities . See the edition by M. de la Monnoye of the Jugemens des savans (See also:

• AMSTERDAM
• AMSTERDAM (NEw AMSTERDAM)

Amsterdam, 4. vols . 1725), which contains the Anti-Baillet of Gilles See also:

• MENAGE, GILLES (1613-1692)

Menage and an Abrege de la vie de Mr Baillet .