Louis Fasquelle

Louis Fasquelle (born September 19, 1808 in Guînes , Pas-de-Calais , † October 1, 1862 in Ann Arbor , Michigan ) was an American Romance scholar and foreign language teacher of French origin.

life and work

Fasquelle studied in France, married an American and went with her to the United States in 1834. After the failure of an existence as a farmer at Ann Arbor, he worked as a language teacher in Detroit and was appointed as the first professor of modern languages at the University of Michigan in 1846 . There he mainly taught French and wrote successful textbooks.

Works

A new method of learning the French language. Embracing both the analytic and synthetic modes of instruction. Being a plain and practical way of acquiring the art of reading, speaking, and composing French, New York / Chicago 1851 (until 1865)
The coloquial French reader or, Interesting narratives in French, New York 1853 (until 1881)
(Ed.) Alexandre Dumas, Napoléon, with conversational exercises, explanatory notes and references to the "New French method, New York 1855 (until 1880)
Cassell's Lessons in French, 2 vols., London 1856–1857 (until 1906)
Esprit de la conversation française, New York 1857
A course of the French language, New York / Chicago 1858 (most recently Montreal 1945)

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personal data
SURNAME	Fasquelle, Louis
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American Romance studies and foreign language teacher of French origin
DATE OF BIRTH	September 19, 1808
PLACE OF BIRTH	Guînes , Pas-de-Calais
DATE OF DEATH	October 1, 1862
Place of death	Ann Arbor , Michigan