Jean Mercier (Hebraist)
Jean Mercier, Latin Joannes Mercerus was a French Hebraist.
He was a pupil of the less known François Vatable, and succeeded Vatable as professor of Hebrew at the Collège Royal. His students included Philippe du Plessis-Mornay, and Pierre Martinius who became professor at La Rochelle. Mercier was Lecteur du Roi from 1546 onwards.
He fled to Venice because of his sympathies with Protestantism, but returned to France and died of the plague.Works
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