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Chevalier Ramsay (1686–1743)
Ramsay, Andrew Michael. A Scotch mathematician and theologian; born at Ayr, Jan. 9, 1686; died at St. Germain-en-Laye, France, May 6, 1743. A visit to Fénelon at Cambray resulted in his conversion to Roman-Catholicism and the production of his principal work, ‘Travels of Cyrus’ (1727), in avowed imitation of ‘Télémaque.’ He also edited ‘Télémaque,’ with an introduction: and wrote, in French, a ‘Political Essay’ on the principles of its author; a ‘History of the Life and Works of Fénelon’; besides a number of English poems. His French is remarkable for its purity and perfection of style.