PIERRE

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• MARIE

MARIE AUGUSTIN

See also:

• PIERRE MARIE AUGUSTIN FILON (1841– )

FILON (1841– )  , French man of letters, son of the historian Charles Auguste Desire Filon (1800-1875), was born in Paris in 1841 . His father became professor of history at Douai, and eventually " inspecteur d'academie " in Paris; his principal works were Histoire comparee de France et de l'Angleterre (1832), Histoire de l'Europe au X VP siecle (1838), La Diplomatie francaise sous Louis X V (1843), Histoire de l'Italie meridionale (1849), Histoire du senat romain (185o), Histoire de la democratic athenienne (18J4) . Educated at the Ecole normale, Augustin Filon was appointed tutor to the prince imperial and accompanied him to England, where he remained for some years . He is the author of Guy Patin, sa vie, sa correspondance (1862); Nos grands-peres (1887); Prosper Merimee (1894); Sous la tyrannie (1900) . On English subjects he has written chiefly under the pseudonym of Pierre Sandrie, Les Mariages de Londres (1875); Histoire de la litterature anglaise (1883); Le Theatre anglais (1896), and La Caricature en Angleterre (1902) .