Palissy
BERNARD, a French potter and chemist; born in Agen about on 1508. He wrote several works on natural philosophy, and on subjects connected with the art of pottery.
His pottery has become celebrated, and few things are more prized by the connoisseur than the famous "Palissy ware." Being a Protestant, he was ar rested by the Leaguers toward the end of the reign of Henri III., and died in the Bastille in 1589.