Augustin Pouyer-Quertier
Augustin Thomas Pouyer-Quertier (born September 2, 1820 in Étoutteville -en-Caux, Seine-Maritime , † April 2, 1891 in Rouen ) was a French industrialist and politician. From February 25, 1871 to April 23, 1872 he was French finance minister in the Thiers government .
On May 10, 1871, Pouyer-Quertier signed the treaty at the Peace Conference in Frankfurt am Main to end the Franco-Prussian War in 1870, together with the Minister for Foreign Affairs Jules Favre and the member of the National Assembly Marc-Eugène de Goulard. 71 .
In 1879 Augustin Pouyer-Quertier was one of the co-founders of the Compagnie Française du Télégraphe de Paris à New York , which merged into the Société Française des Télégraphes Sous-Marins in 1895. He was also President of the Chamber of Commerce of Rouen and Mayor of Fleury-sur-Andelle .
Literary reception
Augustin Pouyer-Quertier has entered the story of Boule de suif by Guy de Maupassant as the literary figure Monsieur Carré-Lamadon . Maupassant describes him parodistically exaggerated as a condescending and selfish philistine and cheap political careerist , who, as the leader of an opposition bienveillante in the Second Empire , allowed his later participation in government to be bought off dearly and with a chivalrous gesture.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Oberpräsidial-Büreau (Ed.): Ordinances and official news for Alsace-Lorraine from the time from the beginning of the German occupation to the end of March 1872 , Strasbourg, 1872, p. 530. ( limited preview online at Google Books ).
- ^ Epilogue to Boule de suif . In: Helmut Keil (ed.): Guy de Maupassant: Boule de suif . No. 9011 . Reclam, Stuttgart 1994, ISBN 3-15-009011-3 , pp. 17th f., 87 .
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| SURNAME | Pouyer Quertier, Augustin |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Pouyer Quertier, Augustin Thomas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French industrialist and politician, member of the National Assembly, Minister of Finance |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 2, 1820 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Étoutteville- en-Caux, Seine-Maritime |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 2, 1891 |
| Place of death | Rouen |