Gabriel Cossart (22 November 1615 – 18 September 1674) was a French

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, known as a historian. He taught rhetoric at the

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. He was a librarian there, described as “worldly-wise”, and a promoter of the careers of his students. As a scholar he collaborated with Philippe Labbe. He engaged in controversy over

Petrus Ramus Petrus Ramus (; Anglicized as Peter Ramus ; 1515 – 26 August 1572) was a French humanist, logician, and educational reformer. A Protestant convert, he was a victim of the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre. Early life He was born at the village ...

with François du Monstier.Annotation: Pere Cossart, du Monstier, and Ramus' Protestantism in the Light of a New Manuscript
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Works

*
Sacrosancta Concilia
', with Philippe Labbe * ''Orationes et Carmina''

Notes

{{DEFAULTSORT:Cossart, Gabriel 1615 births 1674 deaths 17th-century French Jesuits 17th-century French historians French librarians French male non-fiction writers