See also:

• PONTUS

PONTUS DE TYARD (c. 1521-1605)  , See also:

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

French poet and member of the Pleiade (see See also:

• DAURAT (or DORAT), JEAN (in Lat. AURATUS), (1508–1588)

DAURAT), was seigneur of Bissy in See also:

• BURGUNDY

Burgundy, where he was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in or about 1521 . He was a friend of See also:

• ANTOINE, ANDRE (1858- )

Antoine Hemet and See also:

• MAURICE (1521–1553)
• MAURICE (MAURICIUS FLAVIUS TIBERIUS) (c. 539–602)
• MAURICE [or MAURITIUS], ST (d. c. 286)
• MAURICE, JOHN FREDERICK DENISON (1805-1872)

Maurice See also:

• SCEVE, MAURICE (c. 1500-1564)

Sceve, and to a certain extent anticipated See also:

• RONSARD, PIERRE DE (1524-1585)

Ronsard and See also:

• JOACHIM, JOSEPH (1831—1907)

Joachim Du Bellay . His Erreurs amoureuses, originally published in 1549, was augmented with other poems in successive See also:

• EDITIONS

editions till 1573 . On the whole his See also:

• POETRY

poetry is inferior to that of his companions, but he was one of the first to write sonnets in French (the actual priority belongs to Melin de St Gelais) . It is also said that he introduced the sestine into See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France, or rather reintroduced it, for it was originally a Provencal invention . In his later years he gave himself up to the study of See also:

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

mathematics and See also:

• PHILOSOPHY (Gr. gthos, fond of, and vo4 (a, wisdom)

philosophy . He became 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 Chalons-sur-See also:

• SAONE

Saone in 1578, and in 1587 appeared his Discours philosophiques . He was a zealous defender of the cause of See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

Henry III. against the pretensions of the Guises . This attitude brought down on him the vengeance of the See also:

• LEAGUE

league; he was driven from Chalons and his See also:

• CHATEAU (from Lat. castellum, fortress, through O. Fr. chastel, chasteau)

chateau at Bissy was plundered . He survived all the members of the Pleiade and lived to see the onslaught made on their doctrines by See also:

• MALHERBE, FRANCOIS DE (1555-1628)

Malherbe . See also:

• PONTUS

Pontus resigned his bishopric in 1594, and retired to the chateau de Bragny, where he died on the 23rd of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 16o5 . His Oeuvres poetiques may be found in the Pleiade fran4aise (7,875) of M .

Ch . Marty-Laveaux ..