Étienne Lamy
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Étienne Marie Victor Lamy (2 June 1845, in Cize, Jura – 9 January 1919) was a French author. He was educated at the College Stanislas and became a doctor of law in 1870. From 1871 to 1881 he was a deputy from his native department, Jura, and his earlier writings were political and historical. In the House of Deputies he was a member of the Left, but he broke with his party and became a clerical reactionary, writing for the '' Gaulois'' and the ''Correspondant''. In 1905 he became a member of the
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(seat #21), and in 1913 he succeeded Thureau-Dangin as its perpetual secretary. Among Lamy's works are: * ''Le tiers parti'' (1868) * ''L'Armée et la democratie'' (1889) * ''La France du Levant'' (1898) * ''Etudes sur le second empire'' (1895) * ''La femme de demain'' (1899) * an edition of the memoirs of Aimée de Coigny (1900) * ''Témoins de jours passés'' (1909, 1913) * ''Au service des idées et des lettres'' (1909) * ''Quelques œuvres et quelques œuvriers'' (1910, 1913)


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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lamy, Etienne 1845 births 1919 deaths People from Jura (department) Members of the Académie Française French political writers Burials at Père Lachaise Cemetery French male non-fiction writers