Henri Martin (historian)
Henri Martin (born February 20, 1810 in Saint-Quentin , France , † December 14, 1883 in Paris ) was a French historian and politician .
Life
Martin wrote a history of France for which he was awarded the grand prize of the Académie française in 1844 . In 1870 he was elected mayor of the 16th district of Paris . From 1871 to 1876 he was a member of the National Assembly and from 1876 to 1883 a senator . In 1878 he was accepted as a member of the Académie française as the successor to the late Adolphe Thiers ( seat no. 38 ).
Henri Martin was a Freemason ; Together with Édouard René Lefebvre de Laboulaye , the grandchildren of the Marquis de Lafayette and Frédéric-Auguste Bartholdi , a young artist from Alsace, he played a key role in financing the Statue of Liberty , a gift to the USA , which he never saw the inauguration of.
A moss rose hybrid, the asteroid (981) Martina and the avenue Henri-Martin in the 16th district of Paris were named after Henri Martin . From 1855 he was a corresponding member of the Prussian Academy of Sciences .
Web links
- Literature by and about Henri Martin in the catalog of the German National Library
- Brief biography of Henri Martin
- Short biography and list of works of the Académie française (French)
Individual evidence
- ^ Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, Volume 1 in the Google Book Search
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Martin, Henri |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French historian and politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 20, 1810 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Saint-Quentin , France |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 14, 1883 |
| Place of death | Paris |