DANIEL, GABRIEL (I 649—I 7 28), French Jesuit historian, was born at Rouen on Feb. 8, 1649. He entered the Jesuit order at the age of 18, and became superior at Paris. He is best known by his Histoire de France depuis l'etablissement de la monarchie f rancaise (first complete edition, 1713) . Daniel published an abridgment in 1724 (Eng. trans., 1726), and another abridgment was published by Dorival in 1751. Daniel also wrote a Histoire de la milice francaise, etc. (1721) and a reply to Pascal's Provincial Letters, entitled Entretiens de Cleanthe et d'Eudoxe sur les lettres provinciales (1694) ; two treatises on the Cartesian theory as to the intelligence of lower animals, and other works.
See Sommervogel, Bibliotheque de la Compagnie de Jesus, t. ii.