or BRODEUS, JOHN, a celebrated French critic, was born at Tours in 1500. He studied civil law under Alciati, but afterwards devoted himself wholly to languages and the belles lettres. He travelled into Italy, where he became acquainted with Sadolet, Bembo, and other eminent men; and applied himself to the study of mathematics, philosophy, and the sacred languages, in which he made no small proficiency. On returning to his own country, he continued to prosecute his studies with indefatigable zeal, till his death in 1563. His chief works are Commentaries on the Anthologiae, Basel, 1549; several books of miscellanies; Notes on Martial, Euripides, &c., Basel, 1558.