French journalist, author and politician, born at Dieuze, Meurthe, on the 7th of April 1833. Completing his studies in Paris, he became secretary for the Revue National, writing also for other publications. He supported the radical party, and was associated with M. Henri de Rochefort on La Marseilles and then on the Journal du Peuple. In the election of 1871 for the National Assembly he received 65,005 votes, but was not elected. After the insurrection he was elected a member of the Commune, and voted with the moderate party, opposing the Committee of Public Safety. After a period of retirement from France he returned and devoted himself to literature, producing, among other works Contes Humoristiques (1857); Les Trois Poètes (1859); Béranger, ses Amis, ses Ennemis et ses Critiques (1864); Histoire de l’Inquisition (1869); Histoire Populaire et Parlementaire de la Commune de Paris (1878). The latter, published at Brussels, gave rise to a lively controversy. Besides the above, he wrote a number of works of fiction and some dramatic pieces. He died at Paris on the 25th of November 1895.
