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Jean-Pierre Nicéron
Jean-Pierre Nicéron (11 March 1685 – 8 July 1738) was a French lexicographer.
Biography.
Nicéron was born in Paris, a relative of the mathematician and Minim friar Jean François Niceron. After his studies at the Collège Mazarin, he joined the Barnabites, where he had an uncle, in August, 1702. Nicéron taught rhetoric in the college of Loches, and soon after at Montargis, where he remained ten years.
While engaged in teaching, Nicéron made a thorough
(6 vols., 1695–1701).
In rhetoric, his works enjoyed a wide circulation, being used as textbooks. He supported Aristotle's definitions, and opposed Ramism. With the major influences being Aristotle and Cicero, he also cited Hermogenes, Menander Rhetor, Bartholomeus Keckermann and Nicolas Caussin.
References.
- Jean-Pierre Nicéron, "Mémoires pour servir de l'histoire des hommes illustres", vol. xiii. (Paris, 1730)
- Herzog's "Realencyklopädie", art. "Vossius"