HURT, u-V, Pierre Daniel, French Roman Catholic scholar: b. Caen, 1630; d. Paris, 1721.
After studying at the Jesuit school at Caen, he went to Paris in 1651. In the following year his friend and teacher, Samuel Bochart, was invited to the court' of Queen Christina at Stockholm, whither Huet accompanied him. Here he conceived the plan for his edition and translation of Origen which appeared in 1668. By indefatigable efforts he mastered many scientific studies, and gained also a most com prehensive knowledge of languages and litera ture. In 1670 he was appointed assistant tutor to the Dauphin and in this capacity con tributed largely to preparation of the Delphine classics. In 1676 he took holy orders, and two years later he was given the abbey of Aulnay. His famous
created bishop of Soissons, which office, how ever, he never filled, being transferred to Avranches in 1692. After serving as abbot of Fontena' for a short period, he withdrew to the Jesuits' House at Paris, where he spent his last days. Huet was conceded to be one of the most versatile and brilliant minds of his period. He left a huge library which eventually became incorporated in the royal library. A collection of his works was published in 1712, and a volume containing many of his essays and miscellaneous writings, was edited by the abbot of Olivet (1722). In his mentarius de rebus ad eum pertinentibus> was found his autobiography, since translated into French, and into English by J. Aiken (2 vols., London 1819). Consult de Gournay, F. A., 'Huet, Eveque d'Avranches, sa vie et ses oeuvres' (Paris 1854); Trochon, Eveque d'Avranche0 (ib. 1877).