Alfred-Auguste Cuvillier-Fleury
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Alfred-Auguste Cuvillier-Fleury (Paris, 18 March 1802 - Paris, 18 October 1887) was a French historian and literary critic.
in Paris and preceptor of Henri d'Orléans, duc d’Aumale, from 1827 to 1839, he then became Henri's special secretary. He contributed to the Journal des Débats
. He was elected to the Académie française
in 1866.
In 1830 he published Documents historiques sur M. le comte Lavalette and edited the Mémoires of Lavalette's daughter (and Cuvillier-Fleury's lover), Joséphine de Lavalette. Although none of the works he published was reissued in his lifetime, his Correspondance avec le duc d'Aumale, as well as his Journal intime, remain important sources on the history of Orléanism.
Life
Préfet des études at the collège Sainte-BarbeCollège Sainte-Barbe
The Collège Sainte-Barbe is a former school in the 5th arrondissement of Paris, France.The Collège Sainte-Barbe was founded in 1460 on Montagne Sainte-Geneviève by Pierre Antoine Victor de Lanneau, teacher of religious studies...
in Paris and preceptor of Henri d'Orléans, duc d’Aumale, from 1827 to 1839, he then became Henri's special secretary. He contributed to the Journal des Débats
Journal des Débats
The Journal des débats was a French newspaper, published between 1789 and 1944 that changed title several times...
. He was elected to the Académie française
Académie française
L'Académie française , also called the French Academy, is the pre-eminent French learned body on matters pertaining to the French language. The Académie was officially established in 1635 by Cardinal Richelieu, the chief minister to King Louis XIII. Suppressed in 1793 during the French Revolution,...
in 1866.
In 1830 he published Documents historiques sur M. le comte Lavalette and edited the Mémoires of Lavalette's daughter (and Cuvillier-Fleury's lover), Joséphine de Lavalette. Although none of the works he published was reissued in his lifetime, his Correspondance avec le duc d'Aumale, as well as his Journal intime, remain important sources on the history of Orléanism.
Main works
- Portraits politiques et révolutionnaires (2 volumes, 1851) Online text 1 2
- Voyages et voyageurs (1854)
- Nouvelles études historiques et littéraires (1855)
- Dernières études historiques et littéraires (2 volumes, 1859) Online text 1 2
- Historiens, poètes et romanciers (1863) Online text
- Études et portraits (1865-68)
- Posthumes et revenants (1878) Online text
- Journal intime (1903)
- Correspondance du Duc d'Aumale et de Cuvillier-Fleury (1910)
External links
- Works by and about Alfred-Auguste Cuvillier-Fleury at Internet ArchiveInternet ArchiveThe Internet Archive is a non-profit digital library with the stated mission of "universal access to all knowledge". It offers permanent storage and access to collections of digitized materials, including websites, music, moving images, and nearly 3 million public domain books. The Internet Archive...
- Académie française