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GUSTAVE EMIL EUGENE MESUREUR (1847— )

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Originally appearing in Volume V18, Page 195 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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EUGENE MESUREUR (1847— )  , French politician, was born at Marcq-en-Baroeul (
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Nord) on the 2nd of
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April 1847 . He worked as a designer in Paris, and became prominent as a member of the municipal council of Paris; rousing much angry discussion by a proposal to rename the Parisian streets which
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bore saints' names . In 1887 he became president of the council . The same
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year he entered the Chamber of Deputies, taking his place with the extreme
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left . He joined the L . Bourgeois
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ministry of 1895—1896 as minister of commerce, industry,
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post and telegraphs, was
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vice-president of the Chamber from 1898 to 1902, and presided over the Budget Commission of 1899, 1901 and 1902 . He was defeated at the polls in, 2902, but became director of the Assistance Ppblique . His wife, Amelie de Wailly (b . 1853), is well known as a writer of
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light verse and of some charming children's books .

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