Émile Keller (

Belfort Belfort (; archaic german: Beffert/Beffort) is a city in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in Northeastern France, situated between Lyon and Strasbourg, approximately from the France–Switzerland border. It is the prefecture of the Terri ...

, 1828 – 1909) was a French writer and politician.

Biography

In 1857 he was elected as a deputy for the

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district to the French Assembly. He soon made himself prominent as a leader of the

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Party. He lost his seat in 1863, but was reelected in 1869. He was commander of a company of volunteers during the Franco-Prussian War. After the war, he again joined the Assembly as Haut-Rhin representative in 1871. He made a stirring speech against the cession of Alsace-Lorraine to

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. When the treaty was signed, he left the Assembly with other Alsatians, but was back as representative for

in 1876, and again in 1885.

Works

*''Histoire de France'' (1888) *''L'Encyclique et les libertés de l'église gallicane'' (1860) *''L'Encyclique et les principes de 1789'' (1865) *''Le générale de Lamoricière'' (1873) *''Les congregations religeuses en France'' (1880) These works are written from the Catholic point of view and, for this reason, they were long read and popular in Catholic circles.

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* * 1828 births 1909 deaths Writers from Belfort French Roman Catholics Politicians from Belfort Legitimists Members of the 2nd Corps législatif of the Second French Empire Members of the 4th Corps législatif of the Second French Empire Members of the National Assembly (1871) Members of the 1st Chamber of Deputies of the French Third Republic Members of the 2nd Chamber of Deputies of the French Third Republic Members of the 4th Chamber of Deputies of the French Third Republic French male writers French military personnel of the Franco-Prussian War Place of death missing {{France-nonfiction-writer-stub