Henri Martin (historian)

See also: Henri Martin, Martin

Henri Martin (February 20th 1810 with Saint-Quentin - December 14th 1883 with Paris in the district of Passy) is a French historian and publicity agent.

In 1848, Carnot, Minister temporary for the State education, charges Henri Martin with teaching the modern history with the Sorbonne. Taking into account the events of the time, it fulfills this function only for six months.

He is mayor of the XVI {{E}} district of Paris in 1870 and of 1880 with 1883. He is elected Député of Paris in 1871 then Senator of the Aisne in 1876. He is elected member of political morals the Academy of Science and in 1871 and the French Academy in 1878.

He is at the origin of the bill to found on July 14th in national festival, and proclaims in front of the Parliament a discoursdans this direction on June 29th, 1880; marking on July 14th, 1789 like a symbol military, minor, but not less important, French revolution, and on July 14th, 1790 like the first day of glory of the French Nation, celebrated on the Champ de Mars as through all France.

A Parisian avenue of XVIe district bears its name.

Works

  • Wolfthurm (1830)
  • the Old Sling (1832)
  • Midnight and midday (1832) (republished in 1855 pennies the title Tancrède de Rohan , Bookstore of L. Hatchet and Co, in-12, 207 pages)
  • the Lampoonist (1833)
  • French history (with the assistance of Paul Lacroix alias the bibliophile Jacob) (1833-1836)
  • History of the town of Soissons (1837)
  • Of France, of its genius and its destinies (1847)
  • Monarchy at the XVIIe century (1848)
  • Daniel Manin (1859)
  • the Italian Unit and France (1861)
  • Jean Reynaud. Poland and Moscovie (1863)
  • on February 24th (1864)
  • Vercingétorix (1865)
  • the Separation of the Church and the State (1865)
  • Russia and Europe (1866)
  • God in the history (1867)
  • popular French history (1867-1875)
  • Studies of Celtic archeology (1871)
  • Napoleon and borders of France (1874)
  • French history since 1789 until our days (1878-1885)

External bonds

  • Biographical note of the French Academy
  • Obituary

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