See also: Halévy

Leon Halévy (1802 - 1883) was a journalist, poet, and historian French, brother of the type-setter Jacques Fromental Halévy, father of the librettist Ludovic Halévy (1834 - 1908) and uncle by alliance of Georges Bizet.

It made studies of right. In 1824-1825, he was the last secretary of Claude Henri de Rouvroy, count of Saint-Simon, after Auguste Count. He considered that this meeting was an great event in its life. He was thus a companion of Saint-Simon during the last year of his life, with Olindes Rodriguès. He collected some confidences of Saint-Simon.

After the death of Saint-Simon (May 19th 1825), Leon Halévy made a very eulogistic speech at the time of the Obsèques of his Master. He belonged to the first initial core of the followers of the thought of Saint-Simon.

Noting the evolution " religieuse" Saint-Simonism, which became a Secte, Leon Halévy left the group rather quickly.

Leon Halévy became professor of French Littérature with the Polytechnic school of 1831 with 1834 and assistant-librarian at the Institute.

He was the author of some works.

See too

• Claude Henri de Rouvroy count of Saint-Simon

• Saint-Simonism