CATROU, FRANÇOIS (1659-1737), a learned Jesuit, was born at Paris, and after officiating as a preacher, engaged for twelve years in conducting the Journal de Trévoux. Besides his contributions to it, he wrote a history of the
Mogul empire, and a history of Rome in which he was assisted by Father Rouillé, who afterwards wrote a continuation of the latter work.
The titles of his works are, 1. Histoire Générale du Mogol, 1705, 4to, with L'Histoire du Royaume d'Aurangzeb, 1715; 2. Histoire du Fanatisme dans la Religion Protestante, contenant l'Histoire des Anabaptistes, du Davidisme, et des Trembleurs, Paris, 1733, 3 vols. 12mo; 3. Traduction de Virgile, with notes critical and historical, 1729, 4 vols. 12mo; 4. Histoire Romaine, 1725-37, 21 vols. 4to.