 Germain Habert was born in Paris.He was the cousin of Henri Louis Habert de Montmor, brother of Philippe Habert and like Philippe a friend of Conrart (king's almoner and abbé commendataire of Cerisy) he was elected a member of the Académie française from its foundation in 1634.He was the author of a "Life of cardinal Bérulle" (1654), paraphrases of the "Psalms" (1663 & 1665) and poems, including "Phyllidis oculi in astra metamorphosis" or the "Métamorphose des yeux de Philis en astres" ("Metamorphosis of Phyllis's eyes into stars", 1677).