a French theologian, born at Strasburg, November 9, 1752 entered into holy orders, was canon and keeper of the archives of the bishopric there, and died October 11, 1787. He wrote, Histoire de l'Eglise et des PFinces- Eveques de Strasbourg (1776, 1778, 2 volumes): — Histoire Ecclesiastiques, de la Province d'Alsace (1781): — Essai historique sur la Cathedrale de Strasbourg (1782). Besides, he left in MS. a great deal of matter pertaining to the Church history of Strasburg, which was published in six volumes, by Liblin, under the title, OEuvres Historiques Inedites de Grandidier (Colmar, 1865). See Winer, Handbuch der theol. Lit. 1:823; Lichtenberger, Encyclop. des Sciences Religienses, s.v.; Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s.v. (B.P.)