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BARANTE, AMABLE GUILLAUME PROSPER BRUGIERE, BARON DE (1782-1866) , French statesman and historian, the son of an advocate, was born at Riom on the loth of June 1782. At the age of sixteen he entered the Ecole Polytechnique at 38o Paris, and at twenty obtained his first appointment in the civil service. His abilities secured him rapid promotion, and in 18o6 he obtained the post of auditor to the council of state. After being employed in several political missions in Germany, Poland and Spain, during the next two years, he became prefect of Vendee. At the time of the return of Napoleon
ambassador to Turin, and five years later to St Petersburg
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Valois , which appeared in a series of volumes between 1824 and 1828, procured him immediate admission to the French Academy
critical sense and of scientific scholarship. Amongst his other literary works are a Tableau de la litterature francaise au dixhuitieme siecle, of which several editions were published; Des communes et de l'aristocratie (1821); a French translation
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His Souvenirs were published by his grandson (Paris, 189o-99). See also the article by Guizot in the Revue des deux Mondes, July 1867. End of Article: BARANTE, AMABLE GUILLAUME PROSPER BRUGIERE, BARON DE (1782-1866) If you wish, you can link directly to this article.
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