Background
He was born in Paris, where his father was a printer.
He was born in Paris, where his father was a printer.
He studied under Rollin, and held the professorship of rhetoric in the college of Beauvais for twenty years.
He completed Rollin"s Histoire romaine by the addition of six volumes (1750–1756). He also published two editions of Livy, with notes. L"Histoire des empereurs des Romains, jusqu"à Constantin (1749).
Histoire de l"Université de Paris, and a Rhétorique française, which enjoyed much popularity.