Florent Chrestien

Florent Chrestien (born Jan. 26, 1541, Orléans, Fr.—died Oct. 3, 1596, Vendôme) was a French satirist and Latin poet, especially known for his translations of Greek and Latin texts. The son of Guillaume Chrestien, an eminent physician and writer on physiology, he became a pupil of Henri Estienne, the Hellenist, at an early age. Later, he was appointed tutor to Henry of Navarre, afterward Henry IV of France, who made him his librarian. Brought up...