BERNARD, JACQUES (1658-1718), French Protestant minister and publicist, settled in Holland, where he was pen sionary minister of Gouda, then minister at Leyden, and from I706 professor of philosophy and mathematics there. He pub lished Lettres historiques from 1692 to 1698, after which date the work, which gave an account of contemporary events, was continued by others. He compiled vols. xx. to xxv. of the Bibli otheque universelle, begun by Le Clerc, and succeeded Bayle as editor of the Nouvelles de la republique des lettres (1699-171 o and 1716-18). He also collected and edited the Actes et nego ciations de la paix de Ryswic (1698).