FRANÇOIS (1659-1737), a learned Jesuit, was born at Paris, and after officiating as a preacher, engaged for twelve years in conducting the Journal de Trévoux. Besides his contributions to it, he wrote a history of the Mogul empire, and a history of Rome in which he was assisted by Father Rouillé, who afterwards wrote a continuation of the latter work.

The titles of his works are, 1. *Histoire Générale du Mogol*, 1705, 4to, with *L'Histoire du Royaume d'Auvergne*, 1715; 2. *Histoire du Protestantisme dans la Religion Romaine*, containing *L'Histoire des Anabaptistes du Dauphiné*, et des Templiers, Paris, 1733, 3 vols. 12mo; 3. *Traduction de Virgile*, with notes critical and historical, 1729, 4 vols. 12mo; 4. *Histoire Romaine*, 1725-37, 21 vols. 4to.