Émile Auguste Étienne Martin Deschanel (19 November 1819 – 26 January 1904) was a French author and politician, the father of

Paul Deschanel Paul Eugène Louis Deschanel (; 13 February 185528 April 1922) was a French politician who served as President of France from 18 February to 21 September 1920. Biography Paul Deschanel, the son of Émile Deschanel (1819–1904), professor at ...

, the 11th President of the

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. He graduated from

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. His works include: ''Études sur Aristophane'' (1867), ''Le Romantisme des classiques'' (1882), and the earlier, controversial ''Catholicisme et socialisme'' (1850) - as a result of which,

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forced him into exile between 1851 and 1859. He later became a professor at the

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. He was a member of the

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from 1876 until 1881 and, in 1881, became a

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. A street bearing his name is located in the

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bordering the

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* * 1819 births 1904 deaths Writers from Paris Academic staff of the Collège de France French life senators French male writers Parents of presidents of France {{France-politician-stub