Paul Colomiès [SEP] occupation
Paul Colomiès
Paul Colomiès or Columesius (1638–1692) was a French Huguenot librarian and scholar. He is best known for his work "Gallia Orientalis", a biographical dictionary of French Christian Hebraists.
Life.
He was born at La Rochelle on 2 December 1638. His father, Jean, was a doctor of repute; his grandfather, a minister of the reformed religion, was descended from a family of Béarn, settled in La Rochelle. He was sent at the age of sixteen to the Academy of Saumur
were printed by Paulus Colomesius (Paul Colomiès) in 1690, and others, still in manuscript, are in the British Museum (Addit. MS. 6394).
Family.
He was the son of Stephen Goffe, Protestant rector of Stanmer in Sussex, and brother of William Goffe.
References.
- Charles Dodd, "Church History" (Brussels, 1737–41), III, 305
- Clarendon, "History of the Rebellion" (1702–04)
- John Lingard, "History of England