Étienne Lamy
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Étienne Marie Victor Lamy (2 June 1845 - 9 January 1919) was a French
author, born in Cize, Jura
. He was educated at the College Stanislas
and became a doctor of law in 1870. From 1871 to 1881 he was a deputy from his native department, Jura, and his earlier writings were political and historical. In the House of Deputies he was a member of the Left, but he broke with his party and became a clerical reactionary, writing for the Gaulois
and the Correspondant. In 1905 he became a member of the Académie française
(seat #21), and in 1913 he succeeded Thureau-Dangin as its perpetual secretary. Among Lamy's works are:
France
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author, born in Cize, Jura
Cize, Jura
Cize is a commune in the Jura department in Franche-Comté in eastern France.-References:*...
. He was educated at the College Stanislas
Collège Stanislas de Paris
Le Collège Stanislas de Paris is a private Catholic school in Paris, situated on "Rue Notre-Dame-des-Champs" in the Montparnasse arrondissement. It has approximately 3,000 students, and is the largest private school in France....
and became a doctor of law in 1870. From 1871 to 1881 he was a deputy from his native department, Jura, and his earlier writings were political and historical. In the House of Deputies he was a member of the Left, but he broke with his party and became a clerical reactionary, writing for the Gaulois
Le Gaulois
Le Gaulois was a French daily newspaper, founded in 1868 by Edmond Tarbe and Henri de Pene. After a printing stoppage, it was revived by Arthur Meyer in 1882 with notable collaborators Paul Bourget, Alfred Grévin, Abel Hermant, and Ernest Daudet...
and the Correspondant. In 1905 he became a member of 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,...
(seat #21), and in 1913 he succeeded Thureau-Dangin as its perpetual secretary. Among Lamy's works are:
- Le tiers parti (1868)
- L'Armée et la democratie (1889)
- La France du Levant (1898)
- Etudes sur le second empire (1895)
- La femme de demain (1899)
- an edition of the memoirs of Aimée de Coigny (1900)
- Témoins de jours passés (1909, 1913)
- Au service des idées et des lettres (1909)
- Quelques œuvres et quelques œuvriers (1910, 1913)