DURYEA, an anthracite-mining borough of Luzerne county, Pa., U.S.A., on the Susquehanna river and the Lackawanna rail road, 8m. S.W. of Scranton. The population in 1920 was
(28% foreign-born white), and 8,503 in 193o.
(1606-1658), French dramatist, was born in Paris in i6o6. His masterpiece, Savoie, probably dates from 1644 (the date generally given is 1646). Alcionee (1638) was so popular that the abbe d'Aubignac knew it by heart, and Queen Christina is said to have had it read to her three times in one day. Among du Ryer's other works may be mentioned Saul (printed 1642) and a comedy, Les Vendanges de Suresnes (1635 or 1636). He died in Paris on Nov. 6, 1658.
