Alfred Mézières
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Alfred Jean François Mézières (19 November 1826, in
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– 10 October 1915, in Réhon) was a French journalist, politician and historian of literature.


Biography

Alfred Mézières was educated at
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College and the
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. He became a teacher at the French School of Athens, and later in Toulouse. He taught foreign literature at the University of Nancy in 1854, and was appointed professor of foreign literature at the Sorbonne in 1861. In 1864, he co-founded the newspaper
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. He served as an army officer in the Franco-Prussian war of 1870. He published studies on Shakespeare, Petrarch, Dante and Goethe and was elected to the
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on January 29, 1874. In 1874, he entered politics representing
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on the General Council of
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as the deputy of Meurthe-et-Moselle in 1881 and served until 1898. In 1900, he was elected senator for Meurthe-et-Moselle and in 1906, he became vice president of the Senate army commission. In September 1914, the German army occupied Meziere’s house in Rehon and held him hostage. On October 3, 1915, he was finally allowed to leave in exchange for a German prisoner, but he died on October 10, 1915. The rue Alfred Mezieres and four nearby schools in Nancy are named after him, as is the College Alfred Mezieres in
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.


Works

* ''De Fluminibus inferorum, thesim proponebat Facultati litterarum parisiensi'' (1853) * ''Étude sur les œuvres politiques de Paul Paruta'' (1853) * ''Mémoires sur le Pélion et l'Ossa'' (1853) * ''Description de la Laconie'' (1853) * ''
Shakespeare William Shakespeare ( 26 April 1564 – 23 April 1616) was an English playwright, poet and actor. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's nation ...
, ses œuvres et ses critiques'' (1860) * ''Prédécesseurs et contemporains de Shakespeare'' (1863) * ''Contemporains et successeurs de Shakespeare'' (1864) * ''Le Jubilé de Shakespeare, souvenirs de Stratford-sur-Avon'' (1864) * ''
Dante Dante Alighieri (; – 14 September 1321), probably baptized Durante di Alighiero degli Alighieri and often referred to as Dante (, ), was an Italian poet, writer and philosopher. His ''Divine Comedy'', originally called (modern Italian: '' ...
et l'Italie nouvelle'' (1865) * '' Pétrarque'' (1868) * ''La Société française : le paysan, l'ouvrier, la bourgeoisie ; l'aristocratie ; les femmes, études morales sur le temps présent'' (1869) * ''Le Siège de Strasbourg en 1870'' (1870) * ''Récits de l'invasion : Alsace et Lorraine'' (1871) * ''W.
Goethe Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (28 August 1749 – 22 March 1832) was a German poet, playwright, novelist, scientist, statesman, theatre director, and critic. His works include plays, poetry, literature, and aesthetic criticism, as well as treat ...
: Les œuvres expliquées par la vie'' (1872-1873) * ''Éducation morale et instruction civique à l'usage des écoles primaires'' (1883) * ''En France, XVIIIe et XIXe siècles'' (1883) * ''Hors de France. Italie, Espagne, Angleterre, Grèce moderne'' (1883, 1907) * ''Le Collège Sainte-Barbe et les réformes universitaires'' (1885) * ''Morale et patrie, lectures à l'usage des écoles primaires'' (1885) * ''Vie de Mirabeau'' (1892) * ''Morts et vivants'' (1897) * ''Au temps passé'' (1906) * ''Hommes et femmes d'hier et d'avant-hier'' (1907) * ''Silhouettes de soldats'' (1907) * ''De tout un peu'' (1909) * ''Sites délaissés d'Orient'' (1911) * ''Ultima verba'' (1914)


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Académie française
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