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Author, French Minister and Secretary of state (before French Fifth Republic)
Born René Gaspard Ernest Taillandier
French writer and critic
Born on December 16, 1817 in Paris , France
Died on February 23, 1879 in Paris , France
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Saint-René Taillandier (16 December 1817 – 22 February 1879) was a French writer and critic.
... Saint-René Taillandier (16 December 1817 – 22 February 1879) was a French writer and critic.
Life
Taillandier was born René Gaspard Ernest Taillandier, in Paris. He completed his studies in Heidelberg, and then became professor of literature successively in Strasbourg, Montpellier and at the Sorbonne, where he was nominated to the chair of French eloquence in 1868. Most of the articles included in his published volumes first appeared in the Revue des deux mondes.
In January 1870 he became general secretary of the ministry of education, and continued in this office after the fall of the Empire. He became officer of the Legion of Honour in 1870, and was elected to the Académie française in 1873. He died in Paris.
Works
His works include Allemagne et Russie, études historiques et litteraires (1856), Le Poète du Caucase, Michel Lermontoff (1856), Maurice de Saxe (2 vols. 1865), Tchèques et Magyars (1869), Le Général Philippe de Ségur (1875).
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Taillandier, Saint-René". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 26 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
... Saint-René Taillandier (16 December 1817 – 22 February 1879) was a French writer and critic.
Life
Taillandier was born René Gaspard Ernest Taillandier, in Paris. He completed his studies in Heidelberg, and then became professor of literature successively in Strasbourg, Montpellier and at the Sorbonne, where he was nominated to the chair of French eloquence in 1868. Most of the articles included in his published volumes first appeared in the Revue des deux mondes.
In January 1870 he became general secretary of the ministry of education, and continued in this office after the fall of the Empire. He became officer of the Legion of Honour in 1870, and was elected to the Académie française in 1873. He died in Paris.
Works
His works include Allemagne et Russie, études historiques et litteraires (1856), Le Poète du Caucase, Michel Lermontoff (1856), Maurice de Saxe (2 vols. 1865), Tchèques et Magyars (1869), Le Général Philippe de Ségur (1875).
References
Attribution
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Taillandier, Saint-René". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 26 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
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