Émile Reinaud

Career Lawyer

From 1879, Reinaud worked as lawyer at the court of appeal of Nîmes. A member of the city's bar association, he was also president of the legal aid bureau.

Mayor of Nîmes In 1891, Reinaud was elected conseiller municipal and vice mayor of Nîmes. The following year, during new municipal elections, Reinaud was elected the city's mayor.

Other activities Essayist In 1886, Reinaud published the first report on France's 1884 law that authorised the existence of labour syndicates.

Académie de Nîmes In February 1894, Reinaud was elected a member of the , a learned society. He became president of this Académie in 1905 (one-year term), and was later chosen to be its perpetual secretary from 1918.

Personal life Reinaud married Claire Lombard (1854–1939), a niece to French painter Charles Jalabert, and had three children: Paul, Charlotte, and Hélène. Paul died at 36 from a war injury, while Charlotte died at 10; Hélène was the only one to survive her father.

Honours National honours

Prizes Montyon Prize of the Académie française (1904) Gold medal of the Académie de Nîmes (1885)

Other

A street in Nîmes is named after Émile Reinaud.

Publications Les Syndicats professionnels : leur rôle historique et économique avant et depuis la reconnaissance légale, la loi du 21 mars 1884, Paris, ed. Guillaumin, 1886. La Jeunesse de Charles Jalabert, Nîmes, ed. Chastanier, 1902. Charles Jalabert : l'homme, l'artiste – d'après sa correspondance, Paris, ed. Hachette, 1903. Aux arènes de Nîmes, 1906. La Fille de Jephté : 2 actes en vers, Nîmes, ed. Chastanier, 1924. Beautés des Causses et Cévennes : poésies régionales, Anduze, ed. Imprimerie du Languedoc, 1958 (posthumous).