AGIER, PIERRE JEAN: French lawyer; b. in Paris Dec. 28, 1748, of a Jansenist family; d. there Sept. 22, 1823. He held high positions in the French courts during the Revolution and under Napoleon and the Bourbons, but was early led into comprehensive theological studies. He learned Hebrew at the age of forty. His principal work is Les Prophetes nouvellement traduits de l'hebreu avec des explications et des notes critiques (8 vols., Paris, 1820-23). Among his other works are: Le Jurisconsulte national (3 vols., 1788); Vues sur la reformation des lois civiles (1793); Traite sur le mariage (2 vols., 1800); Psaumes nouvellement traduits (3 vols., 1809); Vues sur le second avenement de Jesus-Christ (1818); Propheties concernant Jesus-Christ et l'Eg1ise (1819); and Commentaire sur L'Apocalypse (2 vols., 1823).