LOUIS ADOLPHE COCHERY (1819-1900)
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Originally appearing in Volume
V06,
Page 619
of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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
French statesman, was born at Paris
.
After studying law he soon entered politics, and was on the staff of the ministry of justice after the revolution of February 1848
.
From the coup d'etat of 1851 to May 1869 he devoted himself to journalism
.
Then, elected deputy by the department of the Loiret, he joined the group of the Left Centre, and was a supporter of the revolution of the 4th of September 187o
.
His 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
in finance won him a distinguished place in the chamber
.
From 1879 till 1885 he was minister of posts and telegraphs, and in January 1888 he was elected to the senate
.
He died in woo
.
His son, GEORGES CHARLES PAUL, born in 1855, was in his father's department from 1879 till 1885, deputy from 1885, five times president of the Budget Commission, minister of finance (1895–1898) and vice-president of the chamber (1898–1902), and again finance minister in the Briand Cabinet, 1909
.
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