FRANCOIS EUDES DE

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• FRANCOIS EUDES DE MEZERAY (1610—1683)

MEZERAY (1610—1683)  , French historian, was born at Rye near Argentan, where his father was a surgeon . He had two brothers, one of whom, Jean Eudes, was the founder of the order of the Eudists . Francois studied at the university of Caen, and completed his education at the college of Ste Barbe at Paris . His Histoire de France depuis Faramond jusqu' d Louis le Juste (3 vols., 1643-1651), is a fairly accurate summary of French and Latin chronicles . Mezeray was appointed historiographer of France, and in 1649, on the death of Vincent Voiture, was admitted to the Academic Francaise . His Abrege chronologique (3 vols., 1667—1668) went through fifteen editions between 1668 and 1717; but he did not hesitate in this work to attack the financiers, with the result that his salary as historiographer was diminished by Colbert . Mezeray succeeded Conrart as permanent secretary to the Academie Francaise (1675), and died at Paris on the loth of July 1683 . He translated Grotius's Traite de la religion chretienne (164o), and a Histoire des Turcs depuis 1612 jusqu'en 1649 (1650), which is an addition to a continuation of Chalcondyles . See Daniel de Larroque, Vie de Francois Eudes de Mezeray (172o) ; vol. xiii. of Causeries du lundi by Sainte-Beuve, and Levavasseur's Notice sur les trois freres: Jean Eudes, Francois Eudes, et Charles Eudes (1855) .