Louis Léonard de Loménie

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Louis Léonard de Loménie (1815-78) was a French author, born at Saint-Yrieix. He studied at Avignon and in 1845 was appointed professor of French literature at the Collège de France. His first literary work was a series of biographical sketches, published under the title Galerie des contemporains illustres par un homme de rien (1846-47). In 1864 he was appointed professor of French literature in the École Polytechnique and became a member of the French Academy. His chief work is Beaumarchais et son temps (1855), marked by much scholarly research. He also wrote La comtesse de Rochefort et ses amis (1871); Esquisses historiques et littéraires (1878); Les Mirabeau (1879).

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