About Nicolas Eugène Géruzez
Lived 1799 – 1865 (aged 66). Nicolas Eugène Géruzez was a French historian, literary critic, literary historian, university teacher and philologist.
Nicolas Eugène Géruzez (6 January 1799 – 29 May 1865), was a French critic.
He was born at Reims. He was assistant professor at the Sorbonne, and in 1852 he became secretary to the faculty of literature. His works include a Histoire de l'éloquence politique et religieuse en France aux XIV', XV' et XVI' siècles (1837-1838); an Histoire de la littérature française depuis les origines jusqu’a la Revolution (1852), which he supplemented in 1859 by a volume bringing down the history to the close of the revolutionary period; and some miscellaneous works.
Géruzez died in Paris. A posthumous volume of Mélanges et pensées appeared in 1877.
His son, Victor Eugène Géruzez (known as "Crafty") was an equestrian illustrator.
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French historian
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Nicolas Eugène Géruzez was born on 6 January 1799 in Reims.
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Nicolas Eugène Géruzez died on 29 May 1865 in 6th arrondissement of Paris.
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Nicolas Eugène Géruzez was a historian, literary critic, literary historian, university teacher and philologist.
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Nicolas Eugène Géruzez was French.
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