CORNEILLE, THOMAS, brother of the former, was a member of the French academy, and of that of inscriptions. He discovered in his youth a great inclination to poetry, and at length published several dramatic pieces, in five vols. 12mo, some of which were applauded by the public, and acted with success. He also wrote, 1. A Translation of Ovid's Metamorphoses, and some of Ovid's Epistles, Paris, 1669 and 1670; 2. Remarks of Vaugelas on the French Language, Paris, 1687, in 2 vols. 12mo; 3. A Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, 2 vols. folio, Paris, 1694, 1720, and 1732; 4. An Universal Geographical and Historical Dictionary, in 3 vols. folio, Paris, 1708; and some other works.