Ronsard, Pierre de
(1524–1585)
Ronsard, Pierre deRonsard, PierrePierre Ronsard (B * COUTURE-SUR-LOIR, 1524 – D † ST COSME-LEZ-TOURS, 1585) Chief poet of the group known as the Pléiade, the Renaissance poets who wished to infuse the French language with the spirit of the Greek and Latin classics. As a page in the court of François I (1494 – 1547), Ronsard traveled to Scotland, where he met Mary Stuart (1542 – 1587), who would later read his poems and send him presents from her prison. Onset of a condition of half-deafness in…