Claim: René Le Bossu, born in Paris, studied at Nanterre (a commune in the Seine-et-Oise department) and wrote Parallèle des principes de la physique d'Aristote et de celle de René Descartes (1674) and Traité du poème épique (a book on epic poetry highly praised by Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux).
Evidence: He was born in Paris, studied at Nanterre, and in 1649 became one of the regular canons of the Abbey of St Genevieve. Nanterre (/nɒ̃ˈtɛər/, French: [nɑ̃tɛʁ (listen)) is a commune in the Hauts-de-Seine department, the western suburbs of Paris. He wrote Parallèle des principes de la physique d'Aristote et de celle de René Descartes (1674) and Traité du poème épique (1675). The latter book on epic poetry was highly praised by Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux.