Gabriel Daniel

Place: Rouen

Born: 1649

Death: 1728

Biography:

Gabriel Daniel (February 8, 1649 – June 23, 1728) was a French Jesuit historian. He is best known by his Histoire de France depuis l'établissement de la monarchie française (first complete edition, 1713), which was republished in 1720, 1721, 1725, 1742, and (the last edition, with notes by Henri Griffet) 1755–1760. Daniel published an abridgment in 1724 (English trans., 1726), and another abridgment was published by Dorival in 1751.