a Dutch Protestant preacher of French extraction, was born Nov. 9, 1702, at Leuwarden. He was pastor successively of the Walloon churches at Flessingen, Delft, and Amsterdam, and was a zealous preacher. He died at Amsterdam, July 3, 1786, leaving, Diss. Philol. de, Supplicio. Crucis apud Hebrcaes (Franeker, 1730) :-Sermons sur Divers Textes (ed. by Sm. Chauffepid, Amsterdam, 1787,3 vols.). But his main work is his Nouveau Dictionnaire Historique et Critique, which is a continuation of that of Bayle (ibid. 1750-56, 4 vols. fol.). See Lichtenberger, Encyclop.. des Sciences Religieuses, s.v.; Winer; Handbuch der theol. Lit. i, 143 ii, 109; Jocher, Allgemeines Gehn.-Lexikon, s.v.; Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s.v. (B. P.)