[Auguste Siméon]. French historian, born at Bretteville, Manche, France, on the 29th of December 1833; graduated as doctor of letters in 1860; recorder of the archives of a western department, he became deeply interested in historical researches, for which he had prepared himself by graduating from the École des Chartes; appointed chief of the historical section of the national archives in 1866, and also professor of the origins of French history at the École des Chartes; member of the Institute in 1882. Among his leading works are Histoire de la Jacquerie (1859); Histoire de Bertrand Duguesclin (1876), which received from the Academy the first Gobert prize; Jeanne d’Arc à Domrémy (2d ed., 1887); La France Pendant la Guerre de Cent Ans (1890). He prepared also a number of ancient books and manuscripts for publication, with notes, commentaries, etc.
