Bossuet
2 of the 7 encyclopedias on this shelf carry an entry for Bossuet. Both are reproduced below, so you can see where they agree and where they differ.
Aiton's Encyclopedia (1910)
bo-swa'(1627-1704), a noted French divine. He was born at Dijon. He was educated for the priesthood in his native town and in Paris. He was noted as a classical scholar, a refuter of Protestant doctrines, a pulpit orator, and as a writer on historical and other subjects. Bossuet was in the midst of the Huguenot controversy. He was chosen to convert the Protestants of Metz. In 1670 he became tutor of the young dauphin, with whose grandmother, Anne of Austria, he was a favorite. Both Louis XIV and his minister Mazarin regarded Bossuet with a kindly eye. He was elevated to various offices of importance in church and state. He is known best perhaps as Bishop of Meaux (mo). Here he officiated in a fine old cathedral but twenty-seven miles from Paris. Among his pulpit orations those delivered on the occasion of Marshal Turenne's admission to the Catholic church, on the death of the Duchess of Orleans, and at the tomb of "The Great Conde," are his most noted efforts. Bossuet's character is not called in question. He was a man of simplicity, piety, sincerity, and ability. His works fill forty-three volumes. He was one of the noted members of the French Academy. 2026 Editor's Note: Bossuet gave the most eloquent statement of a doctrine that would not survive the century: the divine right of kings , by which a monarch answered to God alone. Eighty-five years after his death the French Revolution beheaded the great-great-grandson of the king he served, and the idea died with the monarchy he defended. (Ed: BR 2026-06-20)
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
JACQUES BÉNIGNE ( bosü-ā'), a French theologian, born in Dijon, Sept. 27, 1627. At the age of 15 he entered the College of Navarre, where he studied Greek and the Holy Scriptures, read the ancient classics, and investigated the Cartesian philosophy. In 1652 he was ordained priest, and made a canon of Metz. In 1670 he was appointed preceptor to the Dauphin, and in 1681 he was raised to the see of Meaux. He drew up the famous propositions adopted by the assembly of French clergy, which secured the freedom of the Gallican Church against the aggressions of the Pope. Pope. He opposed Quietism, and prosecuted Madame Guyon; Guyon: and when his old friend Fénelon defended her he caused him to be exiled. He died in Paris, April 12, 1704.