François-Joseph Grille (29 December 1792 – 5 December 1853) was a 19th-century French man of letters, journalist and politician.
Biography
François-Joseph Grille was born in
Angers
Angers (, , ;) is a city in western France, about southwest of Paris. It is the Prefectures of France, prefecture of the Maine-et-Loire department and was the capital of the province of Duchy of Anjou, Anjou until the French Revolution. The i ...
. He was the son of F. Grille and Madeleine-Marthe Fillon du Pin, and the nephew of Toussaint Grille (1766–1850) who was director of the municipal library of Angers in 1805.
From 1807 to 1830, he held several posts in the Interior Ministry. In 1814 he was appointed head of the 3rd Division, Science and Fine Arts of the Ministry. In 1838 he was librarian of the city of Angers.
During the
French Revolution of 1848
The French Revolution of 1848 (), also known as the February Revolution (), was a period of civil unrest in France, in February 1848, that led to the collapse of the July Monarchy and the foundation of the French Second Republic. It sparked t ...
, he was appointed Commissioner of the Provisional Government, and prefect of
Vendée
Vendée () is a department in the Pays de la Loire region in Western France, on the Atlantic coast. In 2019, it had a population of 685,442.
Work
Francois-Joseph Grille wrote under his own name, anonymously, and using numerous pseudonyms, among others ''Malvoisine'' and ''Hélyon Champ-Charles.'' He wrote a number of letter essays.
In 1840, he published , a collection of rare materials on families and
gentlemen
''Gentleman'' (Old French: ''gentilz hom'', gentle + man; abbreviated ''gent.'') is a term for a chivalrous, courteous, or honorable man. Originally, ''gentleman'' was the lowest rank of the landed gentry of England, ranking below an esquire ...
from Anjou, during the French Emigration, written by a . The manuscript was acquired by his uncle Toussaint Grille, the librarian of Angers, and entrusted in 1833 to prefect Gauja.
Bibliography
* ''Épître à M. Quérard,'' Paris : Ledoyen, 1853
* Description du département du Nord, 1825–1830
* Introduction aux mémoires sur la Révolution française, ou, Tableau comparatif des mandats et pouvoirs donnés par les provinces à leurs députés aux états-généraux de 1789, Volume 2
*1853: ''Le bric-à-brac : avec son catalogue raisonné' * ''L'émigration Angevine'', Cosnier et Lachèse, Bibliothèque des archives du Maine et Loire, Cote BIB 527, 1840
* La Fleur des pois : Carnot et Robespierre, amis et ennemis, capilotade historique, poétique, drolatique, dédiée aux bouquinistes
* Miettes littéraires, biographiques et morales, livrées au public, avec des explications. 1853
* La Vendée en 1793, Paris, Chamerot, 1851–1852