Alexandre André Jacob
Alexandre André Jacob (* 1826 ; † September 24, 1878 in Frascati ) was a French writer.
Alexandre André Jacob, French writer known as Alexandre Erdan , born as the natural son of a high cleric, studied at the St. Sulpice seminary in Paris , but soon turned to a career as a writer.
A fierce opponent of the clericals , he wrote the work La France mystique, ou tableau des excentricités religieuses de ce temps (1855), which earned him a prison sentence.
He fled to Switzerland, where he founded a newspaper, Le National Suisse , in La Chaux-de-Fonds . Two years later he went to Florence and from there to Rome, where he worked as a correspondent for Siècle and other newspapers. He died in Frascati on September 24, 1878. Of his writings, the Petites lettres d'un républicain rose (1848) should also be mentioned.
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Jacob, Alexandre André |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Erdan, Alexandre |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1826 |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 24, 1878 |
| Place of death | Frascati |