JEAN, a learned French critic, who distinguished himself by annotations on Lucian, Petronius, and Heliodorus; a Universal History; Commentaries on Juvenal; a Treatise on the Etymology of French words; and several other works which were never published. He died in 1638.

His nephew, the Abbé Bourdelot, changed his name from Pierre Michon to oblige his uncle. He was a celebrated physician in Paris; was much patronized by Christina of Sweden; and gained great reputation by a Treatise on the Viper, and other works. He died in 1685.