Thomas Marie Joseph Gousset, a French prelate, born at Montigny-les-Cherlieux, Haute-Saone, May 1, 1792, died in Rheims, Dec. 24, 1866. He was the son of a peasant, and labored in the field until his 17th year. In 1817 he was ordained priest, and after a brief interval was appointed professor of moral theology in the seminary of Besancon, where he remained for17 years. In 1825 he published Exposition de la doctrine de l'Eglise sur le pret a interet, which showed that he was far in advance of the common opinion regarding usury. Other writings on the relations between the civil code and moral theology brought him to the notice of the government; and in 1835 he was made bishop of Perigueux, and in 1836 archbishop of Rheims. In 1850 he was created a cardinal and senator of France. Throughout his career he never forgot his humble origin, and delighted to have his aged father, clad in his homely peasant's garb, placed conspicuously in a seat of honor near himself in the services of his cathedral. His most remarkable works are Theologie dogmatique (2 vols. 8vo, 1844; 8th ed., 1856), and Theologie morale (2 vols. 8vo, 1848; 12th ed., 1862), which are to be found in almost every priest's library on both sides of the Atlantic.