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Paul-Armand Challemel-Lacour | |
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| Born | (1827-05-19)19 May 1827 |
| Died | 26 October 1896(1896-10-26) (aged 69) |
| Nationality | French |
| Occupation | statesman |
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Paul-Armand Challemel-Lacour (French pronunciation:[pɔlaʁmɑ̃ʃalmɛllakuʁ]; 19 May 1827 – 26 October 1896) was a French statesman.
Paul-Armand Challemel-Lacour was born inAvranches in theManchedépartement of northwestern France. After passing through theÉcole Normale Supérieure he became professor ofphilosophy successively atPau and atLimoges. Thecoup d'état of 1851 byNapoleon III caused his expulsion from France for his republican opinions. He travelled on the continent, gave conferences in Belgium and in 1856 settled down as professor of French literature at theFederal Polytechnic Institute Zurich, today theETH Zurich. The amnesty of 1859 enabled him to return to France, but a projected course of lectures on history and art was immediately suppressed. He now supported himself by his pen, and became a regular contributor to the reviews.
On the fall of theSecond French Empire in September 1870 the government of national defence appointed him prefect of theRhônedépartement, in which capacity he had to suppress theCommunist rising atLyon. Resigning his post on the 5 February 1871, he was in January 1872 elected to theNational Assembly, and in 1876 to theSenate. He sat at first on the ExtremeLeft; but his philosophic and critical temperament was not in harmony with extreme French radicalism, and his attitude towards political questions underwent a steady modification, till the close of his life saw him the foremost representative of moderate republicanism.
DuringLéon Gambetta's lifetime, however, Challemel-Lacour was one of his warmest supporters, and he was for a time editor of Gambetta's organ, theRépublique française. In 1879 he was appointed French ambassador atBern, and in 1880 was transferred to London; but he lacked the temperament of a successful diplomat. He resigned in 1882, and in February 1883 becameminister of foreign affairs in theJules Ferry cabinet, but retired in November of the same year.
In 1890 he was elected vice-president of the Senate, and in 1893 succeeded Jules Ferry as itspresident, a position he held from 27 March 1893 to 16 January 1896. His clear and reasoned eloquence placed him at the head of contemporary French orators. In 1893 he also became a member of theAcadémie française. He distinguished himself by the vigour with which he upheld the Senate against the encroachments of the chamber, but in 1896 failing health forced him to resign, and he died inParis.
He published a translation ofA Heinrich Ritter'sGeschichte der Philosophie (1861);La Philosophie individualiste: étude sur Guillaume de Humboldt (1864); and an edition of the works ofMadame d'Epinay (1869).
In 1897 appearedJoseph Reinach's edition of theŒuvres oratoires de Challemel-Lacour.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in thepublic domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Challemel-Lacour, Paul Amand".Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 5 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 807.
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| Preceded by | Minister of Foreign Affairs 1883 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | President of the Senate 1893–1896 | Succeeded by |
