CHAPELAIN, JEAN (1595-1647), an eminent French poet, born at Paris, and often mentioned in the works of Balzac, Ménage, and other learned men. He wrote several works, and distinguished himself by a heroic poem called La Pucelle, ou France Delivrée, which has been as much admired by some as it has been extolled by others.
Chaplain translated the Spanish romance of Guzmán d'Alfaraque, and wrote Paraphrase sur le Miserere, 1636, 4to; several Odes; and Mélanges de Littérature, including Mémoire de [sur] quelques gens vivans en 1662, drawn up by order of Colbert.