Charles de Saint-Evremond

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Charles de Marguetel de Saint-Denis, seigneur de Saint-Évremond (April 1, 1610 - September 29, 1703), was a French soldier, essayist and literary critic. In 1639 he met Pierre Gassendi in Paris, and became one of his disciples. After 1661, he lived in exile, mainly in England, as a consequence of his attack on French policy at the time of the peace of the Pyrenees (1659). He is buried in Poets' Corner, Westminster. The first full collection of his works was published in London in 1705, after his death. His correspondence with Ninon de l'Enclos, whose fast friend he was, was published in 1752.