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Huet

Huet, Pierre Daniel (1630-1721), was born at Caen and educated at the Jesuit's College there. He became with Bossuet joint tutor to the Dauphin, and had a share in the production of the Delphin editions of the classics. Later he took orders, and became Bishop of Soissons and of Avranches successively, afterwards, however, resigning his bishopric, and died as abbot of Fontenay. Among his works were his Memoirs in Latin, a History of the Commerce and Navigation of the Ancients, and books upon theology, philosophy, and history.