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born March 7, 1556, Paris, Fr. died Aug. 31, 1621, Tonneins

Du Vair, engraving by François Langlois [Credit: H. Roger-Viollet]

a highly influential French thinker and writer of the troubled period at the end of the 16th century.

A lawyer by training, du Vair occupied high offices of state under Henry IV, having made his reputation with his eloquent and cogently argued orations. He first came to the fore with a brilliant oration on the death of Mary, Queen of Scots. The elaborate style of his speeches, with all their erudition and ingenuity, was appreciated in an age that had a highly developed taste for rhetoric. As a ... (100 of 247 words)

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