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Royal At Paris: RACINE, Jean Baptiste, rasen, zhori batest, French dramatist: b. La Ferte-Milon, Picardy, Dec. 21, 1639; d. Paris, April 21, 1699. He studied at the College of Beauvais, and subsequently at the Port Royal Institution, where, under the care of Lancelot and Lemaistre, he became a profound Greek scholar. In 1658 he left the Port Royal, and began the study of philosophy at the College d'Harcourt at Paris.
To this period belong his first literary efforts, an ode called Nymphes de la Seine, composed in honor of Louis XIV's marriage, and for which he was rewarded by Chapelain, then the dispenser of the royal bounty; and two comedies, now lost. About the same time he became intimate with La Fontaine, and this intimacy was so far from tending to make his life more regular, that those of his relations who took most interest in him, and who had destined him for the Church, began to be anxious about his prospects.ROBERVAL, ro'ber-val, Giles Personne, or Personier, de, French mathematician: b. Roberval, near Beauvais, 8 Aug. 1602; d. Paris, 27 Oct. 1675. His family name was Personne, the name of his birthplace being added to it. He studied at Paris in 1627-31, and was then appointed professor of philosophy at Gervais College. In 1633 he was called to the chair of mathematics at the Royal College of France, which he occupied until his death.
Having obtained the patronage of the Cardinal De Lorraine, the prohibition of lecturing imposed in 1543 was withdrawn in 1547, and in 1551 he was appointed professor of rhetoric and philosophy in the College Royal at Paris. His spirit of free inquiry ultimately led him to become a Protestant, and he was obliged to flee from Paris, but he unfortunately returned in 1571 and was killed in the massacre of Saint Bartholomew. His works, relating to grammar, logic, mathematics, etc., are numerous. |
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