Nicolas Eugène Géruzez (6 January 1799 – 29 May 1865), was a French

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. He was born at

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. He was assistant professor at the Sorbonne, and in 1852 he became secretary to the faculty of literature. His works include a ''Histoire de l'éloquence politique et religieuse en France aux XIV', XV' et XVI' siècles'' (1837-1838); an ''Histoire de la littérature française depuis les origines jusqu’a la Revolution'' (1852), which he supplemented in 1859 by a volume bringing down the history to the close of the revolutionary period; and some miscellaneous works. Géruzez died in

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. A posthumous volume of ''Mélanges et pensées'' appeared in 1877. His son, Victor Eugène Géruzez (known as "

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") was an equestrian illustrator.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Geruzez, Nicolas Eugene 1799 births 1865 deaths Writers from Reims Academic staff of the University of Paris École Normale Supérieure alumni 19th-century French historians French literary critics French male non-fiction writers