See also:

• PIERRE

PIERRE See also:

• DANIEL
• DANIEL (DANIL)
• DANIEL, BOOK
• DANIEL, GABRIEL (1649-1728)

DANIEL See also:

• PIERRE DANIEL HUET (1630-1721)

HUET (1630-1721)  , 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 See also:

• AVRANCHES

Avranches, See also:

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

French See also:

• SCHOLAR, SCHOLARSHIP

scholar, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• CAEN

Caen in 163o . He was educated at the Jesuit school of Caen, and also received lessons from the See also:

• PROTESTANT

Protestant pastor, See also:

• SAMUEL

Samuel See also:

• BOCHART, SAMUEL (1599-1667)

Bochart . At the See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age of twenty he was recognized as one of the most promising scholars of 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 . He went in 1651 to 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, where he formed a friendship with See also:

• GABRIEL (Heb. SKns, man of God)

Gabriel See also:

• NAUDE, GABRIEL (1600-1653)

Naude, See also:

• CONSERVATOR (Lat. conservare, to preserve)

conservator of the See also:

• MAZARIN, JULES (1602-1661)

Mazarin library . In the following See also:

• YEAR

year Samuel Bochart, being invited by See also:

• QUEEN
• QUEEN (O.E. cwen, wife, related to "quean," O.E. cwene, a hussy; cf. Gr. yvvi7: from root gan-, to produce; cf. genus, " kin," &c.)

Queen See also:

• CHRISTINA (1626–1689)
• CHRISTINA [MARIA CHRISTINA HENRIETTA DESIREE FELICITE RENIERE]

Christina to her See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court at See also:

• STOCKHOLM

Stockholm, took his friend See also:

• HUET, PIERRE DANIEL (1630-1721)

Huet with him . This See also:

• JOURNEY (through O. Fr. jornee or journee, mod. Fr. journee, from med. Lat. diurnata, Lat. diurnus, of or belonging to dies, day)

journey, in which he saw See also:

• LEIDEN

Leiden, See also:

• AMSTERDAM
• AMSTERDAM (NEw AMSTERDAM)

Amsterdam and See also:

• COPENHAGEN (Danish Kjobenhavn)

Copenhagen, as well as Stockholm, resulted chiefly in the See also:

• DISCOVERY

discovery, in the See also:

• SWEDISH

Swedish royal library, of some fragments of See also:

• ORIGEN (c. 185-c. 254)

Origen's Commentary on St See also:

• MATTHEW, GOSPEL OF ST
• MATTHEW, ST (MaOOaior or MarOaIos, probably a shortened form of the Hebrew equivalent to Theodorus)
• MATTHEW, TOBIAS

Matthew, which gave Huet the See also:

• IDEA (Gr. Ibia, connected with i&eiv, to see; cf. Lat. species from specere, to look at)

idea of editing Origen, a task he completed in 1668 . He eventually quarrelled with his friend Bochart, who accused him of having suppressed a See also:

• LINE

line in Origen in the Eucharistic controversy . In Paris he entered into See also:

• CLOSE
• CLOSE (from Lat. clausum, shut)
• CLOSE, MAXWELL HENRY (1822-1903)

close relations with See also:

• CHAPELAIN, JEAN (1595-1674)

Chapelain . During the famous dispute of Ancients and Moderns Huet took the See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side of the Ancients against See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles See also:

• PERRAULT, CHARLES (1628-1703)

Perrault and See also:

• DESMARETS (or DESMARETZ), JEAN, SIEUR DE SAINTSORLIN (1595-1676)
• DESMARETS, NICOLAS, SIEUR DE MAILLEBOIS (1648-1721)

Desmarets . Among his See also:

• FRIENDS, SOCIETY
• FRIENDS, SOCIETY OF

friends at this See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period were See also:

• CONRART (or CONRARD), VALENTIN (1603-1675)

Conrart and See also:

• PELLISSON, PAUL (1624—1693)

Pellisson . His See also:

• TASTE (from Lat. taxare, to touch sharply; tangere, to touch)

taste for See also:

• MATHEMATICS (Gr. /saBnµar1Kil, Sc. vOcvn or E7rlQTt'µn; from p iN.La, "learning" or "science ")

mathematics led him to the study of See also:

• ASTRONOMY (from Gr. &arpov, a star, and v ,usiv, to classify or arrange)

astronomy . He next turned his See also:

• ATTENTION (from Lat. ad-tendo, await, expect; the condition of being " stretched " or " tense ")

attention to See also:

• ANATOMY
• ANATOMY (Gr. avaroyil, from ava-silo c', to cut up)

anatomy, and, being himself shortsighted, devoted his inquiries mainly to the question of See also:

• VISION (from Lat. videre, to see), or SIGHT

vision and the formation of the See also:

• EYE
• EYE (O. Eng. edge, Ger. Auge; derived from an Indo-European root also seen in Lat. oc-ulus, the organ of vision (q.v.)

eye .

In this pursuit he made more than 800 dissections . He then learned all that was then to be learned in See also:

• CHEMISTRY
• CHEMISTRY (formerly "chymistry"; Gr. xvµela; for derivation see ALCHEMY)

chemistry, and wrote a Latin poem on See also:

• SALT (a common Teutonic word, cf. Dutch zout, Ger. Salz, Scand. salt; cognate with Gr. &Xs, Lat. sal)
• SALT, SIR TITUS, BART

salt . All this time he was no See also:

• MERE
• MERE, ADALBERT (1838-1909)

mere See also:

• BOOK

book-See also:

• WORM

worm or recluse, but was haunting the salons of Mlle de See also:

• SCUDERY

Scudery and the studios of painters; nor did his scientific researches interfere with his classical studies, for during this time he was discussing with Bochart the origin of certain medals, and was learning See also:

• SYRIAC

Syriac and Arabic under the Jesuit Parvilliers . He also translated the pastorals of See also:

• LONGUS

Longus, wrote a See also:

• TALE (O.Eng. talu, number, account, story; the word is common to many Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Zahl, number, Erzahlung, narrative, Du. taal, speech, language)

tale called Diane de See also:

• CASTRO, INEZ DE (d. 1355)
• CASTRO, JOAO DE (1500-1548)

Castro, and defended, in a See also:

• TREATISE

treatise on the origin of See also:

• ROMANCE

romance, the See also:

• READING

reading of fiction . On being appointed assistant See also:

• TUTOR (Lat. tutor, guardian, tueri, to watch over, protect)

tutor to the Dauphin in 167o, he edited with the assistance of See also:

• ANNE (1665-1714)
• ANNE (1693-1740)

Anne Lefevre, afterwards Madame See also:

• DACIER

Dacier, the well-known edition of the Delphin See also:

• CLASSICS

Classics . This See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series was a comprehensive edition of the Latin classics in about sixty volumes, and each See also:

• WORK

work was accompanied by a Latin commentary, ordo verborum, and verbal See also:

• INDEX

index . The See also:

• ORIGINAL

original volumes have each an See also:

• ENGRAVING

engraving of See also:

• ARION

Arion and the See also:

• DOLPHIN

Dolphin, and the appropriate inscription in usum serenissimi Delphin . Huet was admitted to the See also:

• ACADEMY, GREEK
• ACADEMY, ROYAL

Academy in 1674 . He issued one of his greatest See also:

• WORKS

works, the Demonstratio evangelica, in 1679 . He took See also:

• HOLY

holy orders in 1676, and two years later the See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king gave him the See also:

• ABBEY (Lat. abbatia; from Syr. abba, father)
• ABBEY, EDWIN AUSTIN (1852– )

abbey of Aulnay, where he wrote See also:

• HIT

hit Questiones Aletuanae (Caen, 2690), his Censura philosophiae Cartesianae (Paris, 1689), his Nouveau memoire pour servir d l'histoire du Cartesianisme (1692), and his discussion with Boileau on the See also:

• SUBLIME (Lat. sublimis, exalted)

Sublime . In 1685 he was made bishop of See also:

• SOISSONS

Soissons, but after waiting for See also:

• INSTALLATION

installation for four years he took the bishopric of Avranches instead . He exchanged the cares of his bishopric for what he thought would be the easier See also:

• CHAIR (in. Mid. Eng. chcere, through O. Fr. chaire or chaiere, from Lat. cathedra, later caledra, Gr. xaOi3pa, seat, cf. "cathedral"; the modern Fr. form chaise, a chair, has been adopted in English with a particular meaning as a form of carriage; chaire

chair of the Abbey of Fontenay, but there he was vexed with continual See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law-suits .

At length he retired to the See also:

• JESUITS

Jesuits' See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

House in the See also:

• RUE (Fr. rue, Lat. ruta, from Gr. pur)

Rue See also:

• SAINT (lat. sanctus, " holy ")

Saint See also:

• ANTOINE, ANDRE (1858- )

Antoine at Paris, where he died in 1721 . His See also:

• GREAT

great library and See also:

• MANUSCRIPTS

manuscripts, after being bequeathed to the Jesuits, were bought by the king for the royal library . In the Huetiana (1722) of the See also:

• ABBE (Serbo-Croatian Rai))

abbe d'Olivet will be found material for arriving at an idea of his prodigious labours, exact memory and wide scholarship . Another See also:

• POSTHUMOUS

posthumous work was his Traite philosophique de la faiblesse de l'esprit humain (Amsterdam, 1723) . His autobiography, found in his Commentarius de See also:

• REBUS (Lat. rebus, " by things ")

rebus ad eum pertinentibus (Paris, 1718), has been translated into French and into See also:

• ENGLISH

English . See de Gournay, See also:

• HUE

Hue', eveque d'Avranches, sa See also:

• VIE

vie et ses ouvrages (Paris, 1854) .