Jean Papire Masson

Jean Papire Masson Latin: Papirius[1] (1544 in Saint-Germain-Laval, Loire – 1611) was a French humanist historian, known also as a geographer, biographer, literary critic and jurist.

Masson was initially a Jesuit, but left the Society.

[4] Later he was librarian to the Chevalier de Chiverny, was avocat to the Parlement of Paris, and married.

[5] He may in fact have written much of Matharel's Responsio (1575) to Hotman's monarchomach work Francogallia.

[8] The Latin life of John Calvin attributed to Masson had a reputation in its time as fair-minded.