Camille Rousset
Camille Rousset (born February 15, 1821 in Paris , † October 19, 1892 in Saint-Gobain ) was a French historian .
Rousset became a teacher at the Collège St. Louis in Paris in 1841, professor in Grenoble in 1843 , in 1845 at the Lycée Bourbon (then Lycée Bonaparte) in Paris and in 1864 the official historian and archivist of the War Ministry. In 1870 he accompanied the headquarters of the Rhine Army as a historiographer during the Franco-Prussian War and in 1871 became a member of the Académie française . Since he was a Bonapartist , his position in the War Ministry was abolished in 1876 by the Chamber of Deputies .
He wrote several important works on French history from the time of Louis XIV to the conquest of Algeria . Best known is his Histoire de Louvois (1861–63) about the Minister of War of Louis XIV François Michel Le Tellier de Louvois , for which he received the Académie Grand Prix Gobert three times in a row .
Major works
- Précis d'histoire de la Révolution et de l'Empire , Paris 1849
- Histoire de Louvois et de son administration politique et militaire , 4 vols., 1861–63; 7th edition 1891
- Correspondance de Louis XV et du maréchal de Noailles , 2 vols., 1865
- Le comte de Gisors 1732-1758 , 1868; 4th edition 1888
- Les volontaires de 1791-1794 , 1870; 5th edition 1892; German, Berlin 1874
- La Grande Armée de 1813 , Paris 1871; 2nd edition 1892
- Histoire de la guerre de Crimée , 2 vols., 1877; 3rd edition 1894
- La conquête d'Alger , 1879
- Un ministre de la Restauration: le marquis de Clermont-Tonnerre , 1883
- Les commencements d'une conquête: L'Algérie de 1830 à 1840 , 2 vols., 1887
- La conquête de l'Algérie, 1841 à 1857 , 2 vol., 1889
- Souvenirs du maréchal Macdonald, duc de Tarente , 1892
literature
- Camille Rousset . In: Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon . 6th edition. Volume 17, Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig / Vienna 1909, p. 200 .
Web links
- Short biography and list of works of the Académie française (French)
- Literature by and about Camille Rousset in the SUDOC catalog (Association of French University Libraries)
- Information on Camille Rousset in the database of the Bibliothèque nationale de France .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rousset, Camille |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French historian, official historian and librarian for the Ministry of War |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 15, 1821 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 19, 1892 |
| Place of death | Saint-Gobain |