Émile Keller

Émile Keller (Belfort,October 8, 1828 – 1909) was a French writer and politician.

Biography In 1857 he was elected as a deputy for the Haut-Rhin district to the French Assembly. He soon made himself prominent as a leader of the Roman Catholic Party. He lost his seat in 1863, but was reelected in 1869. He was commander of a company of volunteers during the Franco-Prussian War. After the war, he again joined the Assembly as Haut-Rhin representative in 1871. He made a stirring speech against the cession of Alsace-Lorraine to Germany. When the treaty was signed, he left the Assembly with other Alsatians, but was back as representative for Belfort in 1876, and again in 1885.

Works Histoire de France (1888) L'Encyclique et les libertés de l'église gallicane (1860) L'Encyclique et les principes de 1789 (1865) Le générale de Lamoricière (1873) Les congregations religeuses en France (1880) These works are written from the Catholic point of view and, for this reason, they were long read and popular in Catholic circles.