Francois Bernier, a French traveller and philosopher, born in Anjon about 1025, died in Paris, Sept 22, 1G88. He first studied medicine, but his taste for travelling led him to Syria, to Egypt, and afterward to India, where he redded for twelve years, during eight of which he was physician to the emperor Aurung-zebe. Under the protection of this prince and his ministers he was enabled to visit countries hitherto inaccessible to Europeans. Upon his return from his travels his society was much courted at Paris, and he was called, on account of the elegance of his person and of his manners, the joli philosopne. He published several volumes describing his travels, which have frequently been reprinted under the general title of Voyages de Bernier, contenant la description des Etats du Grand Mogol, and were translated into English (London, 167l-'5). He wrote an Abrege de la Philosophie de Gassendi (8 vols., Lyons, 1678), and aided Boileau in the composition of the Arret burlesque, which saved the works of Aristotle from being condemned by the parliament of Paris.