HOME

TheInfoList



OR:

Georges Marie René Picot (; 24 December 1838 – 16 August 1909) was a French
lawyer A lawyer is a person who practices law. The role of a lawyer varies greatly across different legal jurisdictions. A lawyer can be classified as an advocate, attorney, barrister, canon lawyer, civil law notary, counsel, counselor, solicit ...
and
historian A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the st ...
. His main work is ''Histoire des États généraux'' for which he twice gained the prize of the
French Academy French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to France ** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents ** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with France ...
in 1873 and 1874.


Biography

Georges Picot was born in
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. Si ...
, son of Charles Picot (
Orléans Orléans (;"Orleans"
(US) and
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. Si ...
, 31 January 1870) and his wife Henriette Bidois (
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. Si ...
, 1799 –
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. Si ...
, 19 November 1862). He married in
Saint-Bouize Saint-Bouize () is a commune in the Cher department in central France. Population Sights * Chateau Lagrange-Montalivet, 1590. * Church St. Baudel (twelfth century for its oldest parts): Built in four stages, ... The base is a Romanesque chu ...
on 19 June 1865 with Marie Adélaïde Marthe Bachasson de Montalivet (
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. Si ...
, 9 October 1844 –
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. Si ...
, 2 August 1914), daughter of
Marthe Camille Bachasson, Count of Montalivet Marthe Camille Bachasson, 3rd Count of Montalivet (24 April 1801, Valence – 4 January 1880, Saint-Bouize) was a French statesman and a Peer of France. Biography Second son of Jean-Pierre Bachasson, 1st count of Montalivet (1766–1823), peer ...
and a great-granddaughter of King
Louis XV of France Louis XV (15 February 1710 – 10 May 1774), known as Louis the Beloved (french: le Bien-Aimé), was King of France from 1 September 1715 until his death in 1774. He succeeded his great-grandfather Louis XIV at the age of five. Until he reache ...
by one of his mistresses, Catherine Eléonore Bernard (1740–1769). He had seven children, the third of whom was the diplomat François Georges-Picot, and the fifth, Geneviève Picot, was the maternal grandmother of
Valéry Giscard d'Estaing Valéry René Marie Georges Giscard d'Estaing (, , ; 2 February 19262 December 2020), also known as Giscard or VGE, was a French politician who served as President of France from 1974 to 1981. After serving as Minister of Finance under prime ...
.GeneAll.net - Jean Pierre Bachasson de Montalivet
at www.geneall.net Through his son Charles, he was a grandfather of Jacques Georges-Picot, chairman of
Suez Canal Company Suez ( ar, السويس '; ) is a seaport city (population of about 750,000 ) in north-eastern Egypt, located on the north coast of the Gulf of Suez (a branch of the Red Sea), near the southern terminus of the Suez Canal, having the same b ...
. He died in Allevard-les-Bains.


Works

* ''Histoire des États généraux: considérés au point de vue de leur influence sur le gouvernement de la France de 1355 à 1614''. – Paris, 1872 (4 vols.) – online
Band 1Tom. 2Tom. 3Tom. 4
(2me édition, revue et augmentée en cinq volumes. Paris: Hachette, 1888) * ''Socialisme et devoir social''. – Paris : A. Picard, 1890 * ''L’Usage de la liberté''. – Paris, 1893 * ''La Lutte contre le socialisme révolutionnaire''. – Paris: A. Colin, 189
Document électronique
* ''Notice historique sur la vie et les travaux de
Jules Simon Jules François Simon (; 31 December 1814 – 8 June 1896) was a French statesman and philosopher, and one of the leaders of the Moderate Republicans in the Third French Republic. Biography Simon was born at Lorient. His father was a linen-dra ...
: lue dans la séance publique annuelle de l’Académie des sciences morales et politiques du 5 décembre 1896''. – Paris: Firmin Didot, 189
Document électronique
* '' Barthélemy Saint-Hilaire : notice historique''. – Paris: Hachette, 189
Document électronique
* ''
Gladstone William Ewart Gladstone ( ; 29 December 1809 – 19 May 1898) was a British statesman and Liberal politician. In a career lasting over 60 years, he served for 12 years as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, spread over four non-cons ...
''. – Paris, 1904


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Picot, Georges 1838 births 1909 deaths Writers from Paris Lawyers from Paris 19th-century French historians French male non-fiction writers Members of the Académie des sciences morales et politiques Corresponding Fellows of the British Academy