General biography; or, Lives, critical and historical, of the most eminent persons of all ages, countries, conditions, and professions, arranged according to alphabetical order . 51 ; DoFigura Telluris, 410. 1757; and various dis-sertations oa particular medals. Nauv. —A. FROIDMONT, Libert (in Latin f/wwi-dus), an ecclesiastic of the bishopric of Liege,was born in a country town between that cifijtand Maastricht, in the year 1587. He taughtphilosophy in the university of Louvain, and inthe year 1633 was preferred to the deanery ofSt. Peters, in that city. Afterwards he wasadmitted to
General biography; or, Lives, critical and historical, of the most eminent persons of all ages, countries, conditions, and professions, arranged according to alphabetical order . 51 ; DoFigura Telluris, 410. 1757; and various dis-sertations oa particular medals. Nauv. —A. FROIDMONT, Libert (in Latin f/wwi-dus), an ecclesiastic of the bishopric of Liege,was born in a country town between that cifijtand Maastricht, in the year 1587. He taughtphilosophy in the university of Louvain, and inthe year 1633 was preferred to the deanery ofSt. Peters, in that city. Afterwards he wasadmitted to the degree of doctor of divinity,and, upon the nomination of the celebratedJansenius to the bishopric of Ypres, was ap-pointed his successor in the chair of interpreterof the Sacred Scriptures in the university. Hewas well versed in the learned languages, par-ticularly the Greek and Hebrew, and had alsomade considerable progress in mathematicallearning. Dos Cartes, with whom he was inti-mate, entertained much respect for his know-ledge in this his favourite branch of study. Hiswritings likewise shew that he had not cultivatedthe belles-lettres unsuccessfully. He djed ia.
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