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Alphonse de Lamartine
French author, poet and statesman (1790–1869) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Alphonse Marie Louis de Prat de Lamartine (French: [alfɔ̃s maʁi lwi dəpʁa də lamaʁtin]; 21 October 1790 – 28 February 1869)[2] was a French author, poet, and statesman who was instrumental in the foundation of the Second Republic and the continuation of the tricolore as the flag of France.
Quick Facts Member of the National Assembly for Saône-et-Loire, Preceded by ...
Alphonse de Lamartine | |
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Member of the National Assembly for Saône-et-Loire | |
In office 8 July 1849 – 2 December 1851 | |
Preceded by | Charles Rolland [fr] |
Succeeded by | End of the Second Republic |
Constituency | Mâcon |
Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
In office 24 February 1848 – 11 May 1848 | |
Prime Minister | Jacques-Charles Dupont |
Preceded by | François Guizot (also Prime Minister) |
Succeeded by | Jules Bastide |
Member of the National Assembly for Bouches-du-Rhône | |
In office 4 May 1848 – 26 May 1849 | |
Preceded by | New constituency |
Succeeded by | Joseph Marcellin Rulhières |
Constituency | Marseille |
Member of the Chamber of Deputies for Saône-et-Loire | |
In office 4 November 1837 – 24 February 1848 | |
Preceded by | Claude-Louis Mathieu |
Succeeded by | Charles Rolland [fr] |
Constituency | Mâcon |
Member of the Chamber of Deputies for Nord | |
In office 7 January 1833 – 3 October 1837 | |
Preceded by | Paul Lemaire [fr] |
Succeeded by | Louis de Hau de Staplande [fr] |
Constituency | Bergues |
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Born | Alphonse Marie Louis de Prat de Lamartine (1790-10-21)21 October 1790 Mâcon, Burgundy, France |
Died | 28 February 1869(1869-02-28) (aged 78) Paris, French Empire |
Political party | Social Party [fr][1] (1833–1837) Third Party [fr] (1837–1848) Moderate Republican (1848–1851) |
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Education | Belley College |
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Writing career | |
Period | 19th century |
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Subject | Nature, love, spiritualism |
Literary movement | Romanticism |
Years active | 1811–1869 |
Notable works | Graziella (1852) |
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