(Paul), a very learned and ingenious Frenchman, born at Hennebon in Brittany in 1639, and admitted into the order of Cîteaux in 1660. He was a great antiquary, and was indefatigable in tracing the origin of the language of the Goths; the result of which was, that he was led to espouse a system of the world's being much more ancient than modern chronologers have supposed. This he communicated to the public in a treatise printed at Paris in 1687, 4to, intitled, The antiquity of Time, restored and defended against the Jews and modern chronologers. This book of Pezron's was extremely admired for the ingenuity and learning in it; yet caused no small alarm among the religious, against whom he nevertheless defended his opinions. He went through several promotions, the last of which was to the abbey of Charmoye, to which he was nominated by the king; and died in 1706.