Jacques Demogeot
Jacques Demogeot (born July 5, 1808 in Paris , † 1894 ) was a French man of letters and homme de lettres .
Demogeot initially worked as a professor at high schools in Beauvais , Rennes , Bordeaux and Lyon . In 1843 he accepted a position as professor of rhetoric at the Lycée Saint-Louis in Paris. He was later appointed to the chair of rhetoric at the Faculté des lettres at the Sorbonne .
Works (selection)
- Non-fiction
- Etude sur Pline le jeune (1845–50)
- Les lettres et les hommes de lettre au XIX. siècle (1856), award-winning typeface
- Histoire de la littérature française (1857, 21st edition 1884)
- Tableau de la littérature française au XVII. siècle (1859)
- Histoire des littératures étrangères (1880, 2 vols.)
- Notes on diverse questions de métaphysique et de littérature (1877)
- Two reports to the Minister of Public Education on Education in Schools in England and Scotland (1868 and 1870).
- Fiction
- Roméo and Juliette . Drama (1852)
- Paris nouveau (epic-lyrical descriptions, 1857)
- Contes et nouvelles en vers (1860)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Demogeot, Jacques |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French man of letters |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 5, 1808 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1894 |