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Camille Ferdinand Dreyfus
Ferdinand Dreyfus (5 May 1849 - 15 July 1915) was a wealthy French lawyer, historian and philanthropist who became Senator for Seine-et-Oise from 1909 to 1915. Career Ferdinand Dreyfus was born in Paris on 5 May 1849. He became a lawyer and editor of ''Le Siècle (The Century)''. On 14 March 1880 he was elected to parliament in a by-election as deputy for the ''arrondissement'' of Rambouillet, taking his seat on the left. He was reelected on 21 August 1881, joining the ''Union républicaine'' (Republican Union) party. He was associated with Léon Gambetta. He voted with the opportunistic Republican majority on all issues. In the general elections of 4 October 1885 he ran on the opportunistic Republican list. He failed to be reelected. Dreyfus had a large fortune, and owned a townhouse at 98 avenue de Villiers in Paris as well as a chateau and farm property in Fontenay-lès-Briis, Essonne. He became general counsel of Seine-et-Oise for the canton of Rambouillet, and was secretary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paris
Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. Since the 17th century, Paris has been one of the world's major centres of finance, diplomacy, commerce, fashion, gastronomy, and science. For its leading role in the arts and sciences, as well as its very early system of street lighting, in the 19th century it became known as "the City of Light". Like London, prior to the Second World War, it was also sometimes called the capital of the world. The City of Paris is the centre of the Île-de-France region, or Paris Region, with an estimated population of 12,262,544 in 2019, or about 19% of the population of France, making the region France's primate city. The Paris Region had a GDP of €739 billion ($743 billion) in 2019, which is the highest in Europe. According to the Economis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
