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Mignet Auguste: History of the French Revolution
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Mignet Auguste, French historian (Aix-en-Provence, 8. V. 1796 – Paris, 24. III. 1884). From 1815, professor in Avignon. Returning to his hometown, he enrolled in law studies, which he completed in 1818 and was admitted to the bar. After leaving his practice, he went to Paris, where he first worked as a journalist in the newspaper Courrier Français, and then, in cooperation with L. A. Thiers, he started the liberal anti-Bourbon newspaper Le National in 1830. After the July Revolution (1830), he was appointed director of the archives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, but was removed from that position after the February Revolution (1848). In 1832, he was elected a member of the Academy of Social and Political Sciences, and in 1836, a member of the French Academy. He belonged to the elite of French liberals, wrote exclusively about political history. Main works: History of the French Revolution (Histoire de la Révolution française, I–II, 1824), Historical notes and memories (Notices et mémoires historiques, I–II, 1843), History of Marie Stuart (Histoire de Marie Stuart, I–II, 1851).
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