SALMON, one of the best Latin poets of the 16th century, was born at Loudun. His true name was John Salmon; but he took that of Macrin, from his being frequently so called in ridicule by Francis I. on account of his extraordinary leanness. He was preceptor to Claudius of Savoy, count of Tende; and to Honorius the count's brother; and wrote several pieces of poetry in lyric verse, which were so admired, that he was called the Horace of his time. He died of old age, at Loudun, in 1555.—Charles Macrin, his son, was not inferior to him as a poet, and surpassed him in his knowledge of the Greek tongue. He was preceptor to Catharine of Navarre, the sister of Henry the Great; and perished in the massacre on St Bartholomew's day in 1572.