Jacques Amyot, a French author, bishop of Auxerre, born at Melun, Oct. 30, 1513, died at Auxerre, Feb. 6, 1593. After many arduous struggles with poverty and obscurity, he succeeded in acquiring some reputation as a teacher; and through the patronage of the sister of Francis I., Margaret of Berry, he was made professor of Greek and Latin in the university of Paris. Subsequently he obtained the abbacy of Bellozane, and visited Rome to gather materials for the translation of Plutarch and other Greek writers, and took part in the council of Trent. On his return to France he became tutor of Henry II.'s two younger sons, the future kings Charles IX. and Henry III., under the former of whom he was raised to the offices of grand almoner and curator of the Paris university, and ultimately to the bishopric of Auxerre. The most celebrated of his works, which chiefly consist of translations, is the version of Plutarch.