Jnan Andres, a Spanish scholar, born of a noble family at Planes in Valencia, Feb. 15, 1740, died in Rome, Jan. 17, 1817. He early entered the society of the Jesuits, and on their expulsion from Spain in 1707 was removed with his companions first to Corsica, and then to Ferrara, where he taught philosophy; but the Jesuit college there was soon suppressed by the pope, and he afterward resided chiefly at Mantua and Parma. In 1776 he published in Italian Saggio della filosofia di Galileo, expounding with fairness the system of that philosopher. His principal work is Dell' originc, de' progrcssi e dello stato attuale d'ogni lettera-tura (7 vols. 4to, Parma, 1782-'99; 4th ed., 23 vols. 8vo, Pisa, 1821). He became blind in 1815 and retired to Rome, but continued his scientific and literary pursuits till his death.