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Marc Girardin
Saint-Marc Girardin (22 February 1801 – 1 April 1873) was a French politician and man of letters, whose real name was Marc Girardin. Biography Girardin was born in Paris. After a brilliant university career in the city, he began in 1828 to contribute to the ''Journal des Débats'', on the staff of which he remained for nearly half a century. After the July Revolution and the accession of Louis Philippe as ''King of the French'' (the liberal ''July Monarchy''), he was appointed professor of history at the Sorbonne and ''master of requests'' in the Conseil d'État. Soon afterwards he exchanged his chair of history for one of poetry, continuing to contribute political articles to the ''Journal des Débats'', and sitting as deputy in the Chamber from 1835 to 1848. In 1833, he was charged with a mission to study German methods of education, and issued a report advocating the necessity of newer methods and of technical instruction. In 1844 he was elected a member of the French Acad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Girardin
Girardin is a French-language surname, in some cases a francization of Italian surname '' Gherardini''. It may refer to: ;People * Girardin family, a French branch of the Italian Gherardini family: ** (d. 1689), French ambassador to Constantinople ** (1647–1724), French Navy administrator ** René de Girardin, Marquis de Vauvray (1735–1808), French gardener and writer on gardens, Jean-Louis's grandon ** Louis Stanislas de Girardin (1762–1827), French general and politician, René-Louis's son ** (1767–1848), French politician, René-Louis's son ** (1776–1855), French general, René-Louis's son ** (1802–1874), French politician, Louis Stanislas's son ** Émile de Girardin (1806–1881), French journalist, Alexandre's illegitimate son ** Delphine de Girardin, née Gay, (1804–1855), French writer, Émile's wife * Annick Girardin (b. 1964), French politician * (1830–1915), French politician * Brigitte Girardin (born 1953), French politician * Émile Girardin (1895 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bordeaux
Bordeaux ( , ; Gascon oc, Bordèu ; eu, Bordele; it, Bordò; es, Burdeos) is a port city on the river Garonne in the Gironde department, Southwestern France. It is the capital of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, as well as the prefecture of the Gironde department. Its inhabitants are called ''"Bordelais"'' (masculine) or ''"Bordelaises"'' (feminine). The term "Bordelais" may also refer to the city and its surrounding region. The city of Bordeaux proper had a population of 260,958 in 2019 within its small municipal territory of , With its 27 suburban municipalities it forms the Bordeaux Metropolis, in charge of metropolitan issues. With a population of 814,049 at the Jan. 2019 census. it is the fifth most populated in France, after Paris, Lyon, Marseille and Lille and ahead of Toulouse. Together with its suburbs and exurbs, except satellite cities of Arcachon and Libourne, the Bordeaux metropolitan area had a population of 1,363,711 that same year (Jan. 2019 census), ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
