HENRI

See also:

• FRANCOIS (1558-1614)

FRANCOIS

See also:

• ALPHONSE, COUNT OF TOULOUSE AND OF POITIERS (I220-1271)

ALPHONSE

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• HENRI FRANCOIS ALPHONSE ESQUIROS (1812-1876)

ESQUIROS (1812-1876)  , French writer, was born in Paris on the 23rd of May 1812 . After some minor publications he produced L'Evangile du peuple (1840), an exposition of the life and character of Jesus as a social reformer . This work was considered an offence against religion and decency, and Esquiros was fined and imprisoned . He was elected in 185o as a social democrat to the Legislative Assembly, but was exiled in 1851 for his opposition to the Empire . Returning to France in 1869 he was again a member of the Legislative Assembly, and in 1876 was elected to the senate . He died at Versailles on the 12th of May 1876 . He turned to account his residence in England in L'Angleterre et la vie anglaise (5 vols., 1859-1869) . Among his numerous works on social subjects may be noted :—Histoire des Montagnards (2 vols., 1847) ; Paris, ou les sciences, les institutions et les mceurs au XIX, siecle (2 vols., 1847); and Histoire des martyrs de la liberte (1851) .