Duchesne.

Duchesne. ANDRÉ (in Latin, Chesnius, Duchesnius, or Quercetanus), French historian, was born in Touraine in 1584, and died in 1640. History and geography were his favourite studies from his youth, and under Richelieu's ministry he was appointed royal geographer and historiographer. His most important works are the histories of England, Scotland, and Ireland, of the popes down to Paul V., and of the House of Burgundy, and his collections of the early Norman and French histories. His industry was extraordinary; he is said to have left more than a hundred folios in manuscript.