See also:

• MARIE

MARIE See also:

• LOUIS
• LOUIS (804–876)
• LOUIS (893–911)
• LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
• LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian

LOUIS See also:

• ANTOINE, ANDRE (1858- )

ANTOINE GASTON See also:

• MARIE LOUIS ANTOINE GASTON BOISSIER (1823—1908)

BOISSIER (1823—1908)  , . See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French classical See also:

• SCHOLAR, SCHOLARSHIP

scholar, and secretary of the French See also:

• ACADEMY, GREEK
• ACADEMY, ROYAL

Academy, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• NIMES
• NIMES, COUNCILS OF (Concilia Nemausensia)

Nimes on the 15th of See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1823 . The See also:

• ROMAN

Roman monuments of his native See also:

• TOWN

town very See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early attracted Gaston See also:

• BOISSIER, MARIE LOUIS ANTOINE GASTON (1823—1908)

Boissier to the study of See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient See also:

• HISTORY

history . He made See also:

• EPIGRAPHY (Gr. E7rl, on, and 7ph4ew, to write)

epigraphy his particular theme, and at the See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age of twenty-three became a See also:

• PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

professor of See also:

• RHETORIC (Gr. psroperctj TEXvq, the art of the orator)

rhetoric at See also:

• ANGOULEME
• ANGOULEME, CHARLES DE VALOIS, DUKE OF (1573-1650)

Angouleme, where he lived and worked for ten years without further ambition . A travelling inspector of the university, 'however, happened to hear him lecture, and Boissier was called to See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris to be professor at the Lycee See also:

• CHARLEMAGNE [CHARLES THE GREAT] (c. 742-814)
• CHARLEMAGNE, JEAN ARMAND (1753–1838)

Charlemagne . He began his See also:

• LITERARY

literary career by a thesis on the poet Attius (1857) and a study on the See also:

• LIFE

life and See also:

• WORK

work of M . Terentius See also:

• VARRO, MARCUS TERENTIUS (116—27 B.C.)
• VARRO, PUBLIUS TERENTIUS

Varro (1861) . In 1861 he was made professor of Latin See also:

• ORATORY (Lat. oratorio, sc. ors; from orare, to speak or pray)

oratory at the See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College de See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France, and he became an active contributor to the Revue See also:

• DES

des deux monde's . In 1865 he published Ciceron et ses amis (Eng. trans. by A . D . See also:

• JONES
• JONES, ALFRED GILPIN (1824-1906)
• JONES, EBENEZER (182o-186o)
• JONES, ERNEST CHARLES (1819-1869)
• JONES, HENRY (1831-1899)
• JONES, HENRY ARTHUR (1851- )
• JONES, INIGO (1573-1651)
• JONES, JOHN (c. 1800-1882)
• JONES, MICHAEL (d. 1649)
• JONES, OWEN (1741-1814)
• JONES, OWEN (1809-1874)
• JONES, RICHARD (179o-1855)
• JONES, SIR ALFRED LEWIS (1845-1909)
• JONES, SIR WILLIAM (1746-1794)
• JONES, THOMAS RUPERT (1819– )
• JONES, WILLIAM (1726-1800)

Jones, 1897), which has enjoyed a success such as rarely falls to the See also:

• LOT
• LOT (Lat. Oltis)

lot of a work of erudition . In studying the See also:

• MANNERS, CHARLES (1857– )

manners of ancient See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome, Boissier had learned to re-create its society and to reproduce its characteristics with exquisite vivacity .

In 1874 he published La See also:

• RELIGION
• RELIGION, FOLKLORE, CUSTOM

Religion romaine d'Auguste aux Antonin (2 vols.), in which he analysed the See also:

• GREAT

great religious See also:

• MOVEMENT

movement of antiquity that preceded the See also:

• ACCEPTANCE (Lat. acceptare, frequentative form of accipere, to receive)

acceptance of See also:

• CHRISTIANITY

Christianity . In L'Opposition sous See also:

• LES

les CCsars (1875) he See also:

• DREW
• DREW, SAMUEL (1765-1833)

drew a remarkable picture of the See also:

• POLITICAL

political decadence of Rome under the early successors of See also:

• AUGUSTUS (a name 1 derived from Lat. augeo, increase, i.e. venerable, majestic, Gr. Ee0avr6s)

Augustus . By this See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time Boissier had See also:

• DRAWN

drawn to himself the universal respect of scholars and men of letters, and on the See also:

• DEATH

death of H . J . G . Patin, the author of Etudes sur les tragiques grecs, in 1876, he was elected a member of the French Academy, of which he was appointed perpetual secretary in 1895 . His later See also:

• WORKS

works. include Promenades archeologiques: Rome et Pompei (188o; second See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series, 1886); L'Afrique romaine, promenades archeologiques (190,); La Fin du paganisme (2 vols., 1891); Le Conjuration de Catilina (19o5); Tacite (1903, Eng, trans. by W . G . Hutchison, 1906) . He was a representative example of the French See also:

• TALENT (Lat. talentum, adaptation of Gr. TaXavrov, balance, ! Recollections of a First Visit to the Alps (1841); Vacation Rambles weight, from root raX-, to lift, as in rXi vac, to bear, 1-aXas, and Thoughts, comprising recollections of three Continental

talent for lucidity and elegance applied with entire seriousness to weighty matters of literature . Though he devoted himself mainly to his great theme, the reconstruction of the elements of Roman society, he also wrote monographs on Madame de See also:

• SEVIGNE, MARIE DE

Sevigne (1887) and See also:

• SAINT (lat. sanctus, " holy ")

Saint-See also:

• SIMON, ABRAHAM (1622-1692)
• SIMON, JULES FRANCOIS (1814–1896)
• SIMON, RICHARD (1638–1712)
• SIMON, SIR JOHN (1816–1904)
• SIMON, THOMAS (c. 1623-1665)

Simon (1892) . He died in See also:

• JUNE

June 1go8 .