Georges Picot

Georges Picot , actually Georges-Marie-René Picot , (born December 24, 1838 in Paris , † August 16, 1909 in Allevard , Département Isère ) was a French lawyer and historian.

Life

Georges Picot studied law and made several trips to England to study the prison system there; 1859 lawyer at the Court of Appeal in Paris, 1863 secretary of the Bar Association, 1865 deputy judge at the Tribunal de la Seine , 1870 prix Bordin of the Académie des sciences morales et politiques , 1872 judge at the Tribunal de la Seine , 1873 and 1874 Grand Prix Gobert of the Académie française for his main work Histoire des États généraux , 1875 member of the Comité des travaux historiques , 1877 to 1879 senior official in the Ministry of Justice ( directeur des affaires criminelles et de grâces ), 1878 member of the Académie des sciences morales et politiques , since 1896 its permanent secretary. In 1904 he was elected a corresponding member of the British Academy .

Works

• Histoire des États généraux: considérés au point de vue de leur influence sur le gouvernement de la France from 1355 to 1614 . - Paris, 1872 (4 volumes) - online: Volume 1 , Volume 2 , Volume 3 , Volume 4 (2nd revised and expanded edition in five volumes. Paris: Hachette, 1888)
• Socialisme et devoir social . - Paris: A. Picard, 1890
• L'Usage de la liberté . - Paris, 1893
• La Lutte contre le socialism révolutionnaire . - Paris: A. Colin, 1895 Document électronique
• Notice historique sur la vie et les travaux de Jules Simon : lue dans la séance publique annuelle de l'Académie des sciences morales et politiques du December 5, 1896 . - Paris: Firmin Didot, 1896 Document électronique
• Barthélemy Saint-Hilaire : notice historique . - Paris: Hachette, 1899 Electronic Document
• Gladstone . - Paris, 1904

Individual evidence

1. ^ Deceased Fellows. British Academy, accessed July 17, 2020 .