Dore Agrippa
a French scholar; born near Pons, in Saintonge, Feb. 8, 1552, of a noble family, he early entered the military profession, and distinguished himself by his services to the Huguenot cause. He was subsequently rewarded by Henry IV., who made him Vice-Admiral of Guienne and Brittany. His severe and inflexible character frequently embroiled him with the court; and after Henry's assassination (1610), he betook himself to Geneva, where he spent the remainder of his life in literary studies. His best known work is a "Universal History." He died April 29, 1630.