Life
He was born at Châlons-en-Champagne. Ordained in 1614, he had positions as parish priest at Houdan and Roucy. After 1644, he was relieved of duties, and supported free to study full time.
In 1650 he succeeded GJ Vossius in the professorship of history at Amsterdam. His students included Francis Turretin, and Johann Georg Graevius.
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