(John), lord of Vilemain, and master of requests of the French king's household, was born at Nîmes, and was sent ambassador to Portugal in 1559; whence he brought the plant which, from his name, was called Nicotiana, but is now more known by the name of tobacco. He died at Paris in 1603. He wrote a French and Latin dictionary in folio; a treatise on navigation; and other works.