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See also:ALEXANDRE See also:BELJAME (1842-1906) , See also:French writer, was See also:born at See also:Villiers-le-See also:Bel, See also:Seine-et-See also:Oise, on the 26th of See also:November 1842 . He spent See also:part of his childhood in See also:England and was a frequent visitor in See also:London . His lectures on See also:English literature at the See also:Sorbonne, where a See also:chair was created expressly for him, did much to promote the study of English in See also:France . In 1905–1906 he was See also:Clark lecturer on English literature at Trinity See also:College, See also:Cambridge . He died at Domont (Seine-et-Oise) on the 19th of See also:September 1906 . His best known See also:book was a masterly study of the conditions of See also:literary See also:life in England in the 18th See also:century illustrated by the lives of See also:Dryden, See also:Addison and See also:Pope . This book, Le Public et See also:les hommes de lettres en Angleterre au X VIII' siecle (1881), was crowned by the French See also:Academy on the See also:appearance of the second edition in 1897 . He was a See also:good Shakespearian See also:scholar, and his See also:editions of See also:Macbeth, Othello and See also:Julius See also:Caesar also received an See also:academic See also:prize in 1902 . |
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