François Elie Jules Lemaître ( April 27 is the 117th day of the year (118th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 248 days remaining. Events 1124 - David becomes King of Scotland. 1296 - Battle of Dunbar: The Scots are defeated by Edward I of England. 1509 - Pope Julius II places the Italian state of... April 27, Events January 19 - Giuseppe Verdis opera Il Trovatore premieres in Rome January 21 - Russell L. Hawes patents the envelope folding machine January 29 - Napoleon III marries the Spanish Countess Eugènie at the Tuileries March 4 – Inauguration of US president Franklin Pierce June 7 - Franklin College of Lancaster... 1853 - August 4 is the 216th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (217th in leap years), with 149 days remaining. Events 1578 - Battle of Al Kasr al Kebir - Moroccans defeat Portuguese. King Sebastian of Portugal is defeated and killed in North Africa, leaving his elderly uncle, Cardinal Henry, as... August 4, 1914 is a common year starting on Thursday. (see link for calendar) Events January 4 - 77 seal hunters freeze to death on ice near Labrador. January 5 - Ford Motor Company announces an eight-hour workday and a minimum wage of $5 for a days labor. February 13 - Copyright: In... 1914), was a The French Republic or France ( French: République française or France) is a country whose metropolitan territory is located in western Europe, and which is further made up of a collection of overseas islands and territories located in other continents. France is a democracy organised as a... French A critic (derived from the ancient Greek word krites meaning a judge) is a person who offers a value judgement or an interpretation. The term is used in particular for a professional who regularly judges or interprets performances or other work of other people (such as artists, scientists, musicians or... critic and A dramatist is an author of dramatic compositions, usually plays. The term is usually reserved for those who have written serious plays (as opposed to comedies or farces). A more general term for an author of plays, of whatever type, is playwright. See also: List of playwrights Categories: Theatre | Media... dramatist.

He was born at Vennecy ( Loiret is a département in north-central France named after the Loiret River. History Loiret was one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790. It was created from the former province of Orléanais. Geography Loiret is part of the... Loiret). He became a professor at the university of Grenoble, but was already well known for his Literary criticism is the study, discussion, evaluation, and interpretation of literature. Modern literary criticism is often informed by literary theory, which is the philosophical discussion of its methods and goals. Though the two activities are closely related, literary critics are not always, and have not always been, theorists. Modern literary... literary criticism, and in 1884 is a leap year starting on Tuesday (click on link to calendar). Events January 4 - The Fabian Society is founded in London. February 1 - Edition one of the Oxford English Dictionary is published. March 13 - The siege of Khartoum, Sudan begins (ends on January 26, 1885). April 22 - Colchester... 1884 he resigned his position to devote his time to literature. He succeeded JJ Weiss as dramatic critic of the Journal des Débats, and subsequently filled the same office on the The Revue des Deux Mondes is a monthly French language magazine. According to its website, it is today the place for debates and dialogues between nations, disciplines and cultures, about the major subjects of our societies. The main shareholder is FIMALAC Group. History It was founded in 1829. According to... Revue des Deux Mondes. His literary studies were collected under the title of Les Contemporains (7 series, 1886-1899), and his dramatic feuilletons as impressions de théàtre (10 series, 1888-1898).

His sketches of modern authors show great insight and unexpected judgment as well as gaiety and originality of expression. He published two volumes of Poetry (ancient Greek: poieo = create) is an art form in which human language is used for its aesthetic qualities in addition to, or instead of, its notional and semantic content. It consists largely of oral or literary works in which language is used in a manner that is felt by... poetry: Les Médaillons (1880) and Petites orientales (1883); also some volumes of contes, among them En marge des vieux livres (1905). His plays are:

• Révoltée (1889)
• Le député Leveau, and Le Manage blanc (1891)
• Les Rois (1893)
• Le Pardon and L'Age difficile (1895)
• La Massière (1905)
• Bertnade (1906)

He was admitted to the The Académie française (French Academy) is the pre-eminent French learned body on matters pertaining to the French language. The Académie, limited to forty members, has the task of acting as an official authority on the language, even though it has no enforcement power and its rulings... French Academy on January 16 is the 16th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 349 days remaining (350 in leap years). Events 27 BC - Octavian Caesar given the title Augustus by the Roman Senate. 929 - Emir Abd-ar-rahman III of Cordoba declares himself caliph, thereby establishing the Caliphate... January 16 1896. His political views were defined in La Campagne nationaliste (1902), lectures delivered in the provinces by him and by Godefroy Cavaignac. He conducted a nationalist campaign in the Echo de Paris, and was for some time president of the Ligue de la Patrie Française, but resigned in 1904 is a leap year starting on a Friday (link will take you to calendar). Events January-March January 7 - The distress signal CQD is established only to be replaced two years later by SOS. February 7 - The Great Baltimore Fire in Baltimore, Maryland destroys over 1,500 buildings in... 1904, and dedicated the rest of his life to writing.

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