FRANCOIS EUDES DE MEZERAY
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A French historian; born at Ruy, near Falaise, Normandy, 1610; died in Paris, July 10, 1683. Richelieu made him historiographer, and gave him a pension. His principal work was a "History of France" (1638-51), published afterward in improved form as "Chronological Abstract of the History of France" (1668). His method was a radical departure in historical writing, and the forerunner of modern histories, being of the people as well as sovereigns.
By Charles Dudley Warner
