Théophile Sébastien Lavallée (13 October 1804 – 27 August 1867) was a French historian and geographer.

Biography

Appointed in 1826, as a mathematics tutor, at ''l'

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'', Lavallée successively became a history tutor and professor of geography and statistics applied to military science. Pierre-Jules Hetzel, associated with Jean-Baptiste-Alexandre Paulin, published Lavallée's ''Histoire des Français'' in 1838. Subsequently, Lavallée continued his collaboration with Hetzel, notably for the 1845 book ''Le Diable à Paris'' (The Devil in Paris) by writing a history of Paris for a long preface to ''Le Diable à Paris''. He contributed a long preface on the geography of France to a book written by

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and published by Hetzel. In 1854 Lavallée began to publish Madame de Maintenon's works, supplemented with his commentaries and notes. He married Louise Françoise Hortense Ferlin. He also completely revised the ''Précis de la géographie universelle ou Description de toutes les parties du monde'' (Summary of universal geography or description of all parts of the world) by Malte-Brun. His funeral took place on August 30, 1867, at the Versailles cemeteryFuneral of Théophile Lavallée "''Le Petit Journal''"
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Selected publications

''Jean-Sans-Peur, scènes historiques''
Paris, 1829–1830 ** * ''Géographie physique, historique et militaire'', Paris, 1836 ** ** * ''Histoire de Paris depuis le temps des Gaulois jusqu’à nos jours''

project Gutenberg *''Histoire des Français depuis le temps des Gaulois jusqu'en 1830'', Paris, 1838–1839 *''Atlas de géographie militaire adopté par le Ministre de la guerre pour l'école impériale militaire de Saint-Cyr, accompagné de tableaux de statistique militaire'', Paris, Furne et Cie, 186
Édition en ligne
de Google Books *''Lettres et entretiens sur l'éducation des filles'' par M. Th. Lavallée - Charpentier, Libraire-Éditeur, 1861, en 2 volumes in-12.
''Les frontières de la France''
Paris, Furne et Cie, 1864 *''Histoire de l'Empire ottoman'', Paris, 1855 (See Ottoman Empire.)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lavallee, Theophile-Sebastien 1804 births 1867 deaths 19th-century French historians French geographers 19th-century French educators Officers of the Legion of Honour