Born in 1828, died in 1893; studied medicine and in taking
his degree produced as a dissertation his notable "Essai sur
les Fables de La Fontaine"; published other essays on Livy,
Carlyle, and Mill; professor of esthetics at the École des
Beaux Arts in 1864; published a book on the Pyrenees in
1855, one on Italy in 1866, and one on England 1872; his
"History of English Literature," his masterpiece, published
in 1864-65; "Les Origines de la France Contemporaine"
1875-90; elected to the French Academy in 1878.
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