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[[File:Louis Leger 1867 Maixner.png|thumb|Louis Léger in [[Prague]] 1867]]
[[File:Louis Leger 1867 Maixner.png|thumb|Louis Léger in [[Prague]] 1867]]


'''Louis Léger''' (15 January 1843&ndash; 30 April 1923) was a French writer and pioneer in [[Slavic studies]].<ref>{{cite journal |last= Seton-Watson |first=R. W. |author-link= Robert William Seton-Watson |title=Louis Leger |journal=The Slavonic Review |issue= 5 |volume= 2 |date=December 1923 |pages=423–425 |jstor=4201753 }}</ref> He was honorary member of Bulgarian Literary Society (now [[Bulgarian Academy of Sciences]], also member of Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres in Paris. Academic institutions in Saint-Petersburg, Belgrade and Bucharest had given him a different status of membership.
'''Louis Léger''' (15 January 1843 – 30 April 1923) was a French writer and pioneer in [[Slavic studies]].<ref>{{cite journal |last= Seton-Watson |first=R. W. |author-link= Robert William Seton-Watson |title=Louis Leger |journal=The Slavonic Review |issue= 5 |volume= 2 |date=December 1923 |pages=423–425 |jstor=4201753 }}</ref> He was honorary member of Bulgarian Literary Society (now [[Bulgarian Academy of Sciences]], also member of [[Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres]] in Paris. Academic institutions in Saint-Petersburg, Belgrade and Bucharest had given him a different status of membership.


Léger studied under [[Aleksander Chodźko]] at the [[Collège de France]], whose position he eventually succeeded in 1885 by taking up the ''Slav Literature and Language'' chair of [[Adam Mickiewicz]], which he occupied until 1923. Léger claimed that those who had not lived during the [[Second French Empire]] could not possibly imagine the effect of Polish influence on French society. Léger helped translate various Polish works.
Léger studied under [[Aleksander Chodźko]] at the [[Collège de France]], whose position he eventually succeeded in 1885 by taking up the ''Slav Literature and Language'' chair of [[Adam Mickiewicz]], which he occupied until 1923. Léger claimed that those who had not lived during the [[Second French Empire]] could not possibly imagine the effect of Polish influence on French society. Léger helped translate various Polish works.
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His "A History of Austro-Hungary", first edition published in 1879 and last in 1920, was considered one of the best textbooks on the subject in any Western language.<ref>See {{cite book |title= A History of Austro-Hungary: From the Earliest Time to the Year 1889 by Louis Leger; With A Preface by Edward A. Freeman|translator= Mrs. Birkbeck Hill |translator-link= George Birkbeck Norman Hill |place=London |publisher=Rivingtons |year= 1889 |url= https://archive.org/stream/historyofaustroh00lege#page/n5/mode/2up|via= Internet Archive |accessdate= 28 June 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Leger |first= Louis|title=Histoire de l'Autriche-Hongrie depuis les origines jusqu'en 1918 |publisher=Hachette |url= https://archive.org/stream/histoiredelautr01legegoog#page/n9/mode/2up |place=Paris |year=1920 |edition= Nouvelle |accessdate= 30 June 2018|via= Internet Archive }}</ref>
His "A History of Austro-Hungary", first edition published in 1879 and last in 1920, was considered one of the best textbooks on the subject in any Western language.<ref>See {{cite book |title= A History of Austro-Hungary: From the Earliest Time to the Year 1889 by Louis Leger; With A Preface by Edward A. Freeman|translator= Mrs. Birkbeck Hill |translator-link= George Birkbeck Norman Hill |place=London |publisher=Rivingtons |year= 1889 |url= https://archive.org/stream/historyofaustroh00lege#page/n5/mode/2up|via= Internet Archive |accessdate= 28 June 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Leger |first= Louis|title=Histoire de l'Autriche-Hongrie depuis les origines jusqu'en 1918 |publisher=Hachette |url= https://archive.org/stream/histoiredelautr01legegoog#page/n9/mode/2up |place=Paris |year=1920 |edition= Nouvelle |accessdate= 30 June 2018|via= Internet Archive }}</ref>


In 1916, [[Tomas Garrique Masaryk]] and [[Edvard Beneš]] founded the ''Comité national tchèque'' in Paris, and almost at the same time [[Louis Eisenmann]], Léger, and [[Ernest Denis]] founded the ''Comité national d'études'' , which also advocated for the independence of a Czech state. In 1918, the French government created Czechoslovak legions, which represented a significant auxiliary force at a decisive phase of the war after Russia had made peace. On 28 October 1918, the Republic of Czechoslovakia was proclaimed in Prague.<ref>[https://francais.radio.cz/finis-austriae-8602863 Finis Austriae], radio.cz, 24/10/2007, accessed 29 July 2021</ref>
In 1916, [[Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk]] and [[Edvard Beneš]] founded the ''[[Czechoslovak National Council|Comité national tchèque]]'' in Paris, and almost at the same time [[Louis Eisenmann]], Léger, and [[Ernest Denis]] founded the ''Comité national d'études'', which also advocated for the independence of a Czech state. In 1918, the French government created [[Czechoslovak legion]]s, which represented a significant auxiliary force at a decisive phase of the war after Russia had made peace. On 28 October 1918, the [[First Czechoslovak Republic|Republic of Czechoslovakia]] was proclaimed in Prague.<ref>[https://francais.radio.cz/finis-austriae-8602863 Finis Austriae], radio.cz, 24/10/2007, accessed 29 July 2021</ref>


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For the French zoologist, see Urbain-Louis-Eugène Léger.
Louis Léger in Prague 1867

Louis Léger (15 January 1843 – 30 April 1923) was a French writer and pioneer in Slavic studies.[1] He was honorary member of Bulgarian Literary Society (now Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, also member of Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres in Paris. Academic institutions in Saint-Petersburg, Belgrade and Bucharest had given him a different status of membership.

Léger studied under Aleksander Chodźko at the Collège de France, whose position he eventually succeeded in 1885 by taking up the Slav Literature and Language chair of Adam Mickiewicz, which he occupied until 1923. Léger claimed that those who had not lived during the Second French Empire could not possibly imagine the effect of Polish influence on French society. Léger helped translate various Polish works.

His "A History of Austro-Hungary", first edition published in 1879 and last in 1920, was considered one of the best textbooks on the subject in any Western language.[2][3]

In 1916, Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk and Edvard Beneš founded the Comité national tchèque in Paris, and almost at the same time Louis Eisenmann, Léger, and Ernest Denis founded the Comité national d'études, which also advocated for the independence of a Czech state. In 1918, the French government created Czechoslovak legions, which represented a significant auxiliary force at a decisive phase of the war after Russia had made peace. On 28 October 1918, the Republic of Czechoslovakia was proclaimed in Prague.[4]

Works[edit]

Louis Léger
  • Cyrille et Méthode: étude historique sur la conversion des slaves au christianisme. Paris: A. Franck. 1868. Retrieved 14 June 2018 – via Internet Archive.
  • La Crise autrichienne, Paris, 1868
  • Histoire de Autriche-Hongrie, Paris, 1879
  • Contes Populaires Slaves, 1882
  • "Cours de Louis Léger, Langues et Litératures slaves (leçon d'ouverture) Collège de France". Revue bleue politique et littéraire. 22 (1): 495. 1885. Retrieved 14 June 2018 – via Gallica.
  • La Bulgarie, Paris, 1885
  • Nouvelles études slaves histoire et littérature, 1886
  • Russes et Slaves, études politiques et littéraires, Hachette, 1890
  • Notice sur L'Évangéliaire slavon de Reims, dit Texte du sacre. Reims: F. Michaud. 1899. Retrieved 28 June 2018 – via Gallica.
  • Le monde slave, études politiques et littéraires, Hachette, 1902
  • Moscou, 1910
  • Nicolas Gogol, 1913
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Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Seton-Watson, R. W. (December 1923). "Louis Leger". The Slavonic Review. 2 (5): 423–425. JSTOR 4201753.
  2. ^ See A History of Austro-Hungary: From the Earliest Time to the Year 1889 by Louis Leger; With A Preface by Edward A. Freeman. Translated by Mrs. Birkbeck Hill. London: Rivingtons. 1889. Retrieved 28 June 2018 – via Internet Archive.
  3. ^ Leger, Louis (1920). Histoire de l'Autriche-Hongrie depuis les origines jusqu'en 1918 (Nouvelle ed.). Paris: Hachette. Retrieved 30 June 2018 – via Internet Archive.
  4. ^ Finis Austriae, radio.cz, 24/10/2007, accessed 29 July 2021

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