Desiré Nisard
Désiré Nisard (born March 20, 1806 in Châtillon-sur-Seine , † March 25, 1888 in Sanremo ) was a French literary historian .
Life
Nisard became head of the secretariat in the Ministry of Public Education (ch ef du secrétariat au ministère de l'Instruction publique ) in 1836 and maître des requêtes in the conseil d'État in 1836 . 1843 professor of eloquence at the Collège de France in Paris and was also director of the École normal supérieure from 1857 until he was appointed senator in 1867 . In 1850 he became a member of the Académie française ( seat 39 ), and in 1856 commander of the Legion of Honor . His brother Charles Nisard was also an eminent literary historian.
Works
- Études de moeurs et de critique sur les poètes latins de la decadence (1834)
- Mélanges (1839)
- Histoire de la littérature francaise (1844–1861)
- Renaissance et reforme: Érasme, Thomas More, Mélanchthon (1877)
- Études de critique littéraire (1858)
- Études d'histoire et de litterature (1859–1864)
- Mélanges d'histoire et de littérature (1868)
- Les quatre grands historier latins (1875)
- Portraits et études d'histoire littéraire (1874)
- Précis de l'histoire de la litterature francaise (1878)
- Nouveaux mélanges (1886)
- uvenirs et notes biographiques
Web links
Wikisource: Désiré Nisard - sources and full texts (French)
- Short biography and list of works of the Académie française (French)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Nisard, Désiré |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French literary historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 20, 1806 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Châtillon-sur-Seine |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 25, 1888 |
| Place of death | Sanremo |