Émile Gebhart
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Émile Gebhart was a French academic and writer, He was elected to the Académie française
(fauteuil 34) in 1905.
He was attacked by Radicals for his religious and patriotic ideals.
, where he researched future works. When he returned to France he was sent to the lycée of Nice
and soon after appointed professor of foreign literatures in the University of Nancy.
A chair of Southern European literatures was instituted specially for him at the Sorbonne
, in 1880. For the twenty-six years during which he retained that position, he was a most popular professor, his lectures being attended by enthusiastic audiences both of students and of men and women of the world. In 1895 he was elected to the Academy of Moral and Political Sciences.
Every summer, for twenty-five years, he spent three months in Italy, visiting Rome, Milan, Florence, Venice, seeking books in libraries, staying in monasteries and talking with the monks, and gathering popular legends.
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,...
(fauteuil 34) in 1905.
He was attacked by Radicals for his religious and patriotic ideals.
Life
He was the grand-nephew of General Drouot. Having finished his studies in the lycée of Nancy, he was admitted to the École Française of AthensAthens
Athens , is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state...
, where he researched future works. When he returned to France he was sent to the lycée of Nice
Nice
Nice is the fifth most populous city in France, after Paris, Marseille, Lyon and Toulouse, with a population of 348,721 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Nice extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of more than 955,000 on an area of...
and soon after appointed professor of foreign literatures in the University of Nancy.
A chair of Southern European literatures was instituted specially for him at the Sorbonne
Sorbonne
The Sorbonne is an edifice of the Latin Quarter, in Paris, France, which has been the historical house of the former University of Paris...
, in 1880. For the twenty-six years during which he retained that position, he was a most popular professor, his lectures being attended by enthusiastic audiences both of students and of men and women of the world. In 1895 he was elected to the Academy of Moral and Political Sciences.
Every summer, for twenty-five years, he spent three months in Italy, visiting Rome, Milan, Florence, Venice, seeking books in libraries, staying in monasteries and talking with the monks, and gathering popular legends.
Works
His favourite subjects were Greek antiquity and the Italian Renaissance. His style is clear, if slightly sarcastic at times. His works include:- "Praxitele" (1864),
- "La Renaissance et la Réforme" (1877),
- "Les Origines de la Renaissance et Italie" (1879),
- "L' Italie mystique" (1890), translated as "Mystics and Heretics in Italy" 1922
- "Le son des Cloches, contes et légendes" (1898),
- "Moines et Papes" (1896),
- "Autour d' une tiare" (1894),
- "Cloches de Noël et de Pâques" (1900),
- "Conteurs florentins au moyen-âge" [1901),
- "Jules II" (1904) "Florence" (1906).