FABRE  D'See also:

• EGLANTINE (E. Frisian, egeltiere; Fr. aiglantier)

EGLANTINE, PHILIPPE See also:

• FRANCOIS (1558-1614)

FRANCOIS NAZAIRE (1750-1794), See also:

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

French dramatist and revolutionist, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• CARCASSONNE

Carcassonne on the 28th of See also:

• JULY

July 1750 . His real name was See also:

• SIMPLE

simple Fabre, the " d'Iglantine " being added in See also:

• COMMEMORATION

commemoration of his receiving the See also:

• GOLDEN

golden eglantine of Clemence Isaure from the See also:

• ACADEMY, GREEK
• ACADEMY, ROYAL

academy of the floral See also:

• GAMES, CLASSICAL

games at See also:

• TOULOUSE
• TOULOUSE, LOUIS ALEXANDRE DE BOURBON, COUNT OF (1678-1737)

Toulouse . After travelling through the provinces as an actor, he came 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, and produced an unsuccessful See also:

• COMEDY

comedy entitled See also:

• LES

Les Gens de lettres, ou le provincial a Paris (1787) . A tragedy, See also:

• AUGUSTA

Augusta, produced at the See also:

• THEATRE (BEarpov, " a place for seeing," from OeacOae)

Theatre See also:

• FRANCAIS, ANTOINE, COUNT (1756-1836)

Francais, was also a failure . One only of his plays, Philinte, ou la See also:

• SUITE (Suite de pieces; Ordre; Partita)

suite du Misanthrope (1790), still preserves its reputation . It professes to be a continuation of See also:

• MOLIERE (1622-1673)

Moliere's Misanthrope, but the See also:

• HERO (Gr. open)
• HERO, THE YOUNGER

hero of the piece is of a different See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character from - the nominal prototype—an impersonation, indeed, of pure and simple egotism . On its publication the See also:

• PLAY

play was introduced by a See also:

• PREFACE (Med. Lat. prefatia, for classical praefatio, praefari, to speak beforehand)

preface, in which the author mercilessly satirizes the Optimiste of his See also:

• RIVAL

rival J . F . See also:

• COLLIN
• COLLIN, HEINRICH JOSEPH VON (1771-1811)

Collin d'Harleville, whose Chateaux en Espagne had gained the See also:

• APPLAUSE (Lat. applaudere, to strike upon, clap)

applause which Fabre's Presomptueux (1789) had failed to win . The character of Philinte had much See also:

• POLITICAL

political significance . Alceste received the highest praise, and evidently represents the See also:

• CITIZEN (a form corrupted in Eng., apparently by analogy with " denizen," from O. Fr. citeain, mod. Fr. citoyen)

citizen patriot, while Philinte is a dangerous aristocrat in disguise . Fabre was See also:

• PRESIDENT (Fr. president, from Lat. praesidens, post-Augustan Lat. for praeses, director, ruler, from praesidere, to sit in front of, preside)

president and secretary of the See also:

• CLUB (connected with " clump ")

club of the See also:

• CORDELIERS, CLUB OF THE

Cordeliers, and belonged also to the Jacobin club .

He was chosen by See also:

• DANTON, GEORGE JACQUES (1759-1794)

Danton as his private secretary, and sat in the See also:

• NATIONAL

National See also:

• CONVENTION (Lat. conventio, an assembly or agreement, from convenire, to come together)
• CONVENTION, THE NATIONAL

Convention . He voted for the See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king's See also:

• DEATH

death, supporting the maximum and the See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law of the suspected, and he was a See also:

• BITTER, KARL THEODORE FRANCIS (1867– )

bitter enemy of the Girondins . After the death of See also:

• MARAT, JEAN PAUL (1743-1793)

Marat he published a Portrait de l'Ami du Peuple . On the abolition of the Gregorian See also:

• CALENDAR

calendar he sat on the See also:

• COMMITTEE (from commute, an Anglo-Fr. past participle of commettre, Lat. committere, to entrust; the modern Fr. equivalent comite is derived from the Eng.)

committee entrusted with the formation of the republican substitute, and to him was due a large See also:

• PART

part of the new nomenclature, with its poetic Prairial and Floreal, its prosaic Primidi and Duodi . The See also:

• REPORT (O.Fr. report or raport, modern rapport, from O.Fr. reporter, mod. rap porter, Lat. reportare, to bring back, in poetical use only, of bringing back an account, news, &c.)

report which he made on the subject, on the 24th of See also:

• OCTOBER

October, has some scientific value . On the 12th of See also:

• JANUARY

January 1794 he was arrested by See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order of the committee of public safety on a See also:

• CHARGE
• CHARGE (through the Fr. from the Late Lat. carricare, to load in a carrus or wagon; cf. " cargo ")

charge of malversation and See also:

• FORGERY (derived through the French from Latin fabricare, to construct)

forgery in connexion with the affairs of the Compagnie See also:

• DES

des Indes . Documents still existing prove that the charge was altogether groundless . During his trial Fabre showed the greatest calmness and sang his own well-known See also:

• SONG

song of Il pleut, it pleut, bergire, rentre tes blancs moutons . He was guillotined on the 5th of See also:

• APRIL

April 1794 . On his way to the See also:

• SCAFFOLD
• SCAFFOLD, SCAFFOLDING (from the O. Fr. escafaut, originally escafalt, modern echafaud, a corruption of the Italian or Spanish calafalco, a platform, especially a canopy over a bier, a catafalque; this word is composed of O. Span. altar, O. Ital. catare, t

scaffold he distributed his See also:

• MANUSCRIPT

manuscript poems to the See also:

• PEOPLE

people . A See also:

• POSTHUMOUS

posthumous play, Les Precepteurs, steeped with the doctrines of See also:

• ROUSSEAU, JACQUES (1633-1693)
• ROUSSEAU, JEAN BAPTISTE (1671-1741)
• ROUSSEAU, JEAN JACQUES (1712-1778)
• ROUSSEAU, PIERRE ETIENNE THEODORE (1812–1867); French painter of the Barbizon school, was born in Paris on the 15th of April 1812, of a bourgeois family which included one or two artists. At first he received a business training, but soon displayed aptitu

Rousseau's Emile, was performed on the 17th of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1794, and met with an enthusiastic reception . Among Fabre's other plays are the See also:

• GAY, JOHN (1685-1732)
• GAY, MARIE FRANCOISE SOPHIE (1776-1852)
• GAY, WALTER (1856– )

gay and successful Convalescent de qualite (1791), and L'Intrigue epistolaire (1791) .

In the latter play Fabre is supposed to have See also:

• DRAWN

drawn a portrait .of the painter See also:

• JEAN

Jean See also:

• BAPTISTE

Baptiste See also:

• GREUZE, JEAN BAPTISTE (1725-1805)

Greuze . The author's U2uvres melees et posthumes were published at Paris 1802, 2 vols . See See also:

• ALBERT
• ALBERT (1490'1545)
• ALBERT (149o-1568)
• ALBERT (1522–1557)
• ALBERT (FRANCIS CHARLES AUGUSTUS ALBERT EMMANUEL) (1819—1861)
• ALBERT (FRIEDRICH RUDOLF ALBRECHT)
• ALBERT, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS
• ALBERT, MADAME (c. 2805—2846)

Albert Maurin, Galerie Kist. de la Revolution francaise, tome II; Jules See also:

• JANIN, JULES GABRIEL (1804-1874)

Janin, Hist. de la lilt. dram . ; See also:

• CHENIER
• CHENIER, ANDRE DE (1762-1794)

Chenier, Tableau de la tilt. francaise; F . A . See also:

• AULARD, FRANCOIS

Aulard in the Nouvelle Revue (July 1885) .