Vintage "19th Century French Politician" Marc Girardin Hand Written Letter COA For Sale
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Vintage "19th Century French Politician" Marc Girardin Hand Written Letter COA:
$199.99
Up for sale a RARE! "French Politician" Marc Girardin Hand Written Letter. This item is
certified authentic by JG Autographs and comes with their Certificate of
Authenticity.
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Saint-Marc Girardin (22 February 1801 – 1 April 1873)
was a French politician and man of letters, whose real name was Marc
Girardin. Girardin was born in Paris. After a brilliant university career
in the city, he began in 1828 to contribute to the Journal des Débats, on the staff of which
he remained for nearly half a century. After the July
Revolution and the accession of Louis Philippe as King of the French (the liberal July Monarchy),
he was appointed professor of history at the Sorbonne and master of requests in the Conseil d'État. Soon afterwards he
exchanged his chair of history for one of poetry, continuing to contribute
political articles to the Journal des Débats, and sitting as deputy in
the Chamber from 1835 to 1848. In 1833, he was charged with a mission to study German methods of education, and issued a report
advocating the necessity of newer methods and of technical instruction. In 1844
he was elected a member of the French Academy. During the Revolution of February 1848 Girardin was
for a moment a minister, but after the establishment of the Second French Republic, he was not
re-elected deputy in the National Assembly. After the Franco-Prussian War, he was returned to the Bordeaux
assembly by his old département
— Haute-Vienne.
His Orléanist
tendencies and his objections to the Third Republic were strong, and although
he at first supported Adolphe Thiers, he afterwards became a leader
of the opposition to the president. He died,
however, in 1873 at Morsang-sur-Seine, before Theirs was actually
driven from power.
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