CASAUBON, FLORENCE ESTIENNE MERIC 1671), English classical scholar, son of Isaac Casaubon, was born at Geneva Aug. 14 and completed his education at Eton and Oxford. For his defence of his father against the attacks of certain Catholics (Pietas contra maledicos patrii Nominis et Re ligionis Hostes, 1621) and against imposters who had published, under his name, a work on The Origin of Idolatry (Vindicatio Patris adversus Impostores, 1624), James I. conferred on him a prebendal stall at Canterbury. During the Civil War he lived a retired life, and after its conclusion refused to acknowledge the authority of Cromwell, who, notwithstanding, requested him to write an "impartial" history of the events of the period, an offer which he declined. Af ter the Restoration he was reinstated in his benefice. He died at Canterbury July 14 1671. His editions of numerous classical authors, and especially of the Meditations of Marcus Aurelius (also English translation, new ed. by W. H. D. Rouse, 1900), were highly valued. Among his other works may be mentioned: De Quatuor Linguis Commentatio (165o), Of the Necessity of Reformation (1664), On Credulity and Incredulity in Things natural, civil, and divine (1668).