The cover of Le Petit Journal illustrating the assassination of Gaston Calmette by Henriette Caillaux

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In January 1914 Calmette, who had been editor of the newspaper Le Figaro since 1902, launched a campaign against Minister of Finance Joseph Caillaux, known for his pacifist stance towards Germany. During this campaign, which was orchestrated by Louis Barthou and Raymond Poincaré, Le Figaro published several letters from the Minister's private correspondence. Caillaux's second wife Henriette, fearing that the newspaper would also make public a love letter that showed how he was already having a relationship with her during his first marriage, entered Calmette's office on March 16, 1914 and shot him four times. Calmette died instantly. Caillaux had to resign his post the next day, but during a spectacular trial later that year his wife was acquitted. Le Figaro (English: ) is one of the leading French morning daily newspapers. ... The finance minister is a cabinet position in a government. ... French politician Joseph Caillaux Joseph-Marie-Auguste Caillaux (March 30, 1863 - November 21/22, 1944) was a major French politician of the Third Republic. ... French politician Louis Barthou Jean Louis Barthou (August 25, 1862 – October 9, 1934) was a French politician of the Third Republic. ... Raymond Poincaré, President of the French Republic during the Great War. ... Henriette Caillaux (1874-1943) was a Parisian socialite and wife of the former Prime Minister of France who is remembered as an assassin. ...

Swann's Way by Marcel Proust was dedicated to Calmette 'like a testimony of deep and affectionate recognition'. Calmette was the brother of the bacteriologist Albert Calmette. In Search of Lost Time or Remembrance of Things Past (French: À la recherche du temps perdu) is a semi-autobiographical novel in seven volumes by Marcel Proust. ... “Proust” redirects here. ... An agar plate streaked with microorganisms Microbiology is the study of microorganisms, which are unicellular or cell-cluster microscopic organisms. ... Léon Charles Albert Calmette (July 12, 1863 – October 29, 1933) was a French physician, bacteriologist and immunologist, and an important officer of the Pasteur Institute. ...

External links

• (French) Biography
• (French) Mme Caillaux tire sur Gaston Calmette
• (French) Une épouse outragée