. A dictionary of biography; comprising the most eminent characters of all ages, nations, and professions ... He died in 1707, andwitli his death began the decline of themogul empire. , Decius, or , a Latin poet of the fourth cen-tury, was born at Bordeaux, and becameprofessor of grammar and rhetoric in hisnative city, in which office he acquiredsuch reputation, that the Emperor Valen-tinian appointed liim preceptor to h s sonGratian. When the latter inherited thethrone, he rewarded him by nominatinghim pretorian prefect of Gaul, and, after-wards, consul. The period of Au
. A dictionary of biography; comprising the most eminent characters of all ages, nations, and professions ... He died in 1707, andwitli his death began the decline of themogul empire. , Decius, or , a Latin poet of the fourth cen-tury, was born at Bordeaux, and becameprofessor of grammar and rhetoric in hisnative city, in which office he acquiredsuch reputation, that the Emperor Valen-tinian appointed liim preceptor to h s sonGratian. When the latter inherited thethrone, he rewarded him by nominatinghim pretorian prefect of Gaul, and, after-wards, consul. The period of Ausoniussdeath must have been subseepient to is doubtful whether he was a poems manifest talent, but are stainedby obscenity. AUTREAU, .Tamks, a French painterand dramatist, died in 1745, at the age ofeighty-nine. He was sixtv before he beganto write for the stage. His works composefour volumes. Though many of tlH?m weresuccessful, he closed his existence in pov-iertv. j AUVERGNE, Tkeophilus Malo: AVA 53 DE LA Tour d, a French re).ur)lican, dis-tinguished by his learning and his heroic. qualities, was descended from an illegiti-mate branch of the house of Bouillor, andwas born in 1743, at Carhaix, in LowerBritanny. He served with honour in thearmy during the American war, and wasliving in retirement, on his half pay, whenthe revolution called him again into thefield. Though he refused any higher rankthan that of caj)tain, he was entrusted withthe command of a corps of eight thousandgrenadiers, at the head of which he signal-ized himself on the Spanish frontier. Thepeace with Spain, in 1795, allowed him toreturn to his studies; but he once morequitted them, in 1799, fur the benevolentpurpose of taking the place of a son, who had been drawn for the con-scription. In the following year, Bona-parte conferred on him the honour;il)le titleof First Grenadier of Fiance. He fell,universally lamented, at tlie battle of IVeu-burg, in ISOO. La Tour dAuvergne
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