FRAGUIER (Claude Francis), a polite and learned French writer, born at Paris, of a noble family, in 1666. He was educated under the Jesuits, and was even admitted into the order, though he afterwards quitted it; and being thus at liberty to follow his inclinations, he soon after assisted the Abbe Bignon in conducting the Journal de Sçavans, having all the qualifications for such a work. His works consist of Latin poems, and a great number of very excellent dissertations. He died in 1728.