André Chevrillon (3 May 1864 – 9 July 1957) was a French writer, a nephew of

Hippolyte Taine Hippolyte Adolphe Taine (, 21 April 1828 – 5 March 1893) was a French historian, critic and philosopher. He was the chief theoretical influence on French naturalism, a major proponent of sociological positivism and one of the first practition ...

, who chose England and the Orient as objects of study. Chevrillon was born at Ruelle ( Charente), and educated at the University College School (London), the

École alsacienne The École alsacienne is a co-educational private school located in the 6th arrondissement of Paris. The school was founded by a group of French Alsatians after the French defeat in the Franco-Prussian War. It then became a model for reforming t ...

(Paris), the

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, and the

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. He was a professor of English at the

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in 1887–1888, and from 1889 to 1894 was ''Maître de conférences'' at the Faculty of Letters of the

University of Lille The University of Lille (french: Université de Lille, abbreviated as ULille, UDL or univ-lille) is a French public research university based in Lille, Hauts-de-France. It has its origins in the University of Douai (1559), and resulted from the ...

. He was with the British Army at the front during the War, and afterward (1921) was received in the Académie française. His writings fall into two distinct classes: impressions of travel, and critical essays on England and English literature. Besides many articles in the ''Revue de Paris'' and the '' Revue des deux mondes'' his works include: * ''Dans l'Inde'' (1891; English translation, ''Romantic India'') * ''Sydney Smith et la renaissance des idées libérales en Angleterre au 19e siècle'' (thesis, 1894) * ''Terres mortes'' (1897) * ''Études anglaises'' (1901) * ''Un Crépuscule d'Islam'' (1906) * ''La Pensée de Ruskin'' (1909) * ''Nouvelles études anglaises'' (1910) * ''L'Angleterre et la guerre'' (1917; English translation, ''Britain and the War'', with a preface by

Rudyard Kipling Joseph Rudyard Kipling ( ; 30 December 1865 – 18 January 1936)''The Times'', (London) 18 January 1936, p. 12. was an English novelist, short-story writer, poet, and journalist. He was born in British India, which inspired much of his work. ...

) * ''Près des combattants'' (1919) * ''Marrakech dans les palmes'' (1920) * ''Les Américains à Brest'' (1920; with a preface by

Owen Wister Owen Wister (July 14, 1860 – July 21, 1938) was an American writer and historian, considered the "father" of western fiction. He is best remembered for writing '' The Virginian'' and a biography of Ulysses S. Grant. Biography Early life ...

) * ''Trois études de littérature anglaise'' (Kipling, Shakespeare, Galsworthy) (1921; English translation, 1923) * ''La Mer dans les bois'' (1928) * ''André Dauchez'' (1955)

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* * 1864 births 1957 deaths People from Charente People educated at University College School Academic staff of the University of Lille Nord de France Members of the Académie Française French people of World War I French male writers {{France-nonfiction-writer-stub