Louis de Loménie
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Louis-Léonard de Loménie (3 December 1815 – 2 April 1878) was a French scholar and essayist. He is best known for his biography of Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, and also edited this author's complete works.
, Haute-Vienne.
He studied at Avignon
and was professor of French literature at the Collège de France
from 1862, then at the École Polytechnique
from 1864, and editor of the Revue des Deux Mondes
. His first literary work was a series of biographical sketches, published under the title Galerie des contemporains illustres par un homme de rien (1846–1847). He was elected to the Académie française
in 1871.
He died in Paris in 1878.
Life
Loménie was born at Saint-Yrieix-la-PercheSaint-Yrieix-la-Perche
Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche is a commune in the Haute-Vienne department in the Limousin region in west-central France.Its name refers to Saint Yrieix .Inhabitants are known as Arédiens.-References:*...
, Haute-Vienne.
He studied at Avignon
Avignon
Avignon is a French commune in southeastern France in the départment of the Vaucluse bordered by the left bank of the Rhône river. Of the 94,787 inhabitants of the city on 1 January 2010, 12 000 live in the ancient town centre surrounded by its medieval ramparts.Often referred to as the...
and was professor of French literature at the Collège de France
Collège de France
The Collège de France is a higher education and research establishment located in Paris, France, in the 5th arrondissement, or Latin Quarter, across the street from the historical campus of La Sorbonne at the intersection of Rue Saint-Jacques and Rue des Écoles...
from 1862, then at the École Polytechnique
École Polytechnique
The École Polytechnique is a state-run institution of higher education and research in Palaiseau, Essonne, France, near Paris. Polytechnique is renowned for its four year undergraduate/graduate Master's program...
from 1864, and editor of the Revue des Deux Mondes
Revue des deux mondes
The Revue des deux Mondes is a French language monthly literary and cultural affairs magazine that has been published in Paris since 1829....
. His first literary work was a series of biographical sketches, published under the title Galerie des contemporains illustres par un homme de rien (1846–1847). He was elected to the Académie française
Académie française
L'Académie française , also called the French Academy, is the pre-eminent French learned body on matters pertaining to the French language. The Académie was officially established in 1635 by Cardinal Richelieu, the chief minister to King Louis XIII. Suppressed in 1793 during the French Revolution,...
in 1871.
He died in Paris in 1878.
Works
His chief work is Beaumarchais et son temps (1855), marked by much scholarly research. He also wrote La comtesse de Rochefort et ses amis (1871); Esquisses historiques et littéraires (1878); Les Mirabeau (1879).- Galerie des contemporains illustres, par un homme de rien, 1840–1847, 10 volumes
- Leçons de littérature au Collège de France, 1845–1864
- Beaumarchais et son temps : études sur la société en France au XVIIIe siècle d'après des documents inédits, 1855, 2 volumes. Réédition Slatkine, Genève, 1970. Online text
- La Comtesse de Rochefort et ses amis : études sur les mœurs en France au XVIIIe, avec des documents inédits, 1870. Republished Slatkine, Genève, 1971.
- Les Mirabeau, nouvelles études sur la société française au XVIIIe siècle, 1870–1879, 2 volumes, followed by a continuation by his son Charles de Loménie, 1879–1891, 3 volumes
- Esquisses historiques et littéraires, 1879