Renou, Jean Baptiste

Renou, Jean Baptiste, a French Orientalist, was born at Aigers. He entered the Congregation of the Oratory, and was. superior of the convent of the order at Laon, where he died Dec. 26,1701. Two of his posthumous works may be mentioned: Meitode pour apprendre facilement les Langues Hebraique et Chaldaique (Paris, 1708): — and a Dictionnaire Hebraique (ibid. 1709). — Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s.v.