JEAN BAPTISTE AIME SANSON DE PONGERVILLE
\d͡ʒˈiːn baptˈiːst ˈe͡ɪm sˈansən də pˈɒŋɡəvˌɪl], \dʒˈiːn baptˈiːst ˈeɪm sˈansən də pˈɒŋɡəvˌɪl], \dʒ_ˈiː_n b_a_p_t_ˈiː_s_t ˈeɪ_m s_ˈa_n_s_ə_n d_ə p_ˈɒ_ŋ_ɡ_ə_v_ˌɪ_l]\
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A French miscellaneous writer; born at Abbeville in Somme, March 3, 1782; died at Paris, Jan. 24, 1870. His great work is a scholarly metrical translation of the Latin poet Lucretius. He translated also into French verse some of Ovid's works, under the title "Mythological Amours".
By Charles Dudley Warner
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