About Louis Becq de Fouquières
Lived 1831 – 1887 (aged 55). Louis Becq de Fouquières was a French literary critic, poet, military personnel, philologist and writer.
Louis Aimé Victor Becq de Fouquières (17 December 1831 – 22 October 1887) was a versatile French man of letters from Paris.
Biography His family came from the Pas-de-Calais. He gave up a military career and became known for his critical editions on the work of André Chénier. He also published selected French Renaissance poetry by Pierre de Ronsard, François de Malherbe, Jean Antoine de Baïf and Joachim du Bellay. He also wrote on Aspasia of Miletus, French versification, and theatre, and was an early historian of ancient board games.
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French writer (1831–1887)
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Louis Becq de Fouquières was born on 17 December 1831 in former 5th arrondissement of Paris.
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Louis Becq de Fouquières died on 22 October 1887 in Paris.
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Louis Becq de Fouquières was a literary critic, poet, military personnel, philologist and writer.
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Louis Becq de Fouquières was French.
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