Alfred Émile Reinaud (12 March 1854 – 21 November 1924) was a French lawyer, politician and essayist who served as mayor of

Nîmes Nîmes ( , ; oc, Nimes ; Latin: ''Nemausus'') is the prefecture of the Gard department in the Occitanie region of Southern France. Located between the Mediterranean Sea and Cévennes, the commune of Nîmes has an estimated population of 148,5 ...

from 1892 to 1900. Reinaud was also a prominent member of the .

Early life and education

Émile Reinaud was born in Vauvert, in the

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. After a secondary education in

, Reinaud embraced law studies, first at the University of Montpellier, then at the Paris Law Faculty, where he obtained a PhD in 1879.

Career

Lawyer

From 1879, Reinaud worked as lawyer at the

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of Nîmes. A member of the city's

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, he was also president of the

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bureau. In 1909, he was elected Nîmes' ''

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'' (head of the bar), and reelected in 1910 and 1911. French historian Raymond Huard cites him as an example of the strong involvement of Nîmes lawyers within the local political community.

Mayor of Nîmes

In 1891, Reinaud was elected ''conseiller municipal'' and vice mayor of Nîmes. The following year, during new municipal elections, Reinaud was elected the city's mayor.

Other activities

Essayist

In 1886, Reinaud published the first report on France's 1884 law that authorised the existence of labour syndicates. He also wrote a reference biography on French painter

Charles Jalabert Charles François Jalabert (1819–1901) was a French painter in the academic style. He rapidly gained renown as an artist among Parisian high society in the second half of the 19th century and attended the salon of Madame Sabatier. Some of ...

, for which he received an award from the

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Académie de Nîmes

In February 1894, Reinaud was elected a member of the , a learned society. He became president of this Académie in 1905 (one-year term), and was later chosen to be its perpetual secretary from 1918.

Personal life

Reinaud married Claire Lombard (1854–1939), a niece to French painter

, and had three children: Paul, Charlotte, and Hélène. Paul died at 36 from a war injury, while Charlotte died at 10; Hélène was the only one to survive her father.

Honours

National honours

Prizes

* Montyon Prize of the

(1904) * Gold medal of the

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(1885)

Other

* A street in Nîmes is named after Émile Reinaud.

Publications

* ''Les Syndicats professionnels : leur rôle historique et économique avant et depuis la reconnaissance légale, la loi du 21 mars 1884'', Paris, ed. Guillaumin, 1886. * ''La Jeunesse de Charles Jalabert'', Nîmes, ed. Chastanier, 1902. * ''Charles Jalabert : l'homme, l'artiste – d'après sa correspondance'', Paris, ed. Hachette, 1903. * ''Aux arènes de Nîmes'', 1906. * ''La Fille de Jephté : 2 actes en vers'', Nîmes, ed. Chastanier, 1924. * ''Beautés des Causses et Cévennes : poésies régionales'', Anduze, ed. Imprimerie du Languedoc, 1958 (posthumous).

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Reinaud, Émile 1854 births 1924 deaths People from Gard French Calvinist and Reformed Christians Mayors of Nîmes 19th-century French lawyers 20th-century French lawyers 20th-century French essayists University of Paris alumni Officers of the Legion of Honour