Eugene Despois

Eugene Despois , was a writer, born with Paris the December 25th 1818, died in this city the September 23rd 1876.

He was the son of Antoine Despois, painter of history. He was made receive at the Teacher training school in 1838, then became successively professor of rhetoric to Bourges and the Louis-the-Large Lycée with Paris. After the Coup d'etat of December 2nd, 1851, like much of others, such Frederic Morin and Jules Barni, it gave its resignation not to lend oath to the government which of it resulted.

It was devoted consequently to free teaching and literary work. In addition to several annotated editions classic authors, it gave the translations of Rutilius Numatianus, of Aratos, Rufus Festus Avienus (1843), in the library Latin-Frenchwoman of Panckoucke, like that of the Latin Satirists, in the Masterpieces of the old literatures. With Charles the Jordan and Victor Cousin, it took share with the publication of works of Abélard in Latin of 1849 to 1859.

As from 1870, it was employed like librarian-assistant of the Sorbonne. In 1873, it began a remarkable edition of the Œuvres of Molière that Paul Mesnard completed after his death.

Apart from these literary activities, he collaborated in several newspapers and periodic collections, like Freedom to think , the Review of the Two-Worlds , the Review of Paris , the national Review , independent Morals , etc He also took part with Henri Brisson in the foundation of the newspaper the Future in 1854. These were especially the articles which made known it its contemporaries. It presented its republican ideas, its liberalism and its taste for freedom and human dignity.

With the Cemetery of Montparnasse, one can see the monument carried out by Ernest Christophe in remembering Eugene Despois, “professor of rhetoric to the Louis-the-Large and outgoing college at December 2nd”

Works

Translation of the Works of Rufus Festus Avienus (Panckpucke 1843);
Edition of the Dialogs of Fénelon , accompanied by notes (Paris 1846);
the Revolution of England (1861);
Letters and freedom (1865);
revolutionary Vandalism (Baillière 1868), plea in favor of the civilizing work of the Revolution;
Lexicon of the language of Root in collaboration with Paul Mesnard;
Works of Molière , in collaboration with Paul Mesnard (Paris Hatchet 1873-1900 13 vol.), Collection of the great writers of France;
the French Theater under Louis XIV (1874);

Source

Larousse : Large Universal Dictionary of the XIXe century

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