See also:

• PIERRE

PIERRE See also:

• PREVOST, ANTOINE FRANCOIS (1697–1763)
• PREVOST, CONSTANT (1787-1856)
• PREVOST, EUGENE MARCEL (1862- )
• PIERRE PREVOST (1751-1839)

PREVOST (1751-1839)  , Swiss philosopher and physicist, son of a See also:

• PROTESTANT

Protestant clergyman in See also:

• GENEVA
• GENEVA (Fr. Geneve, Ger. Genf, Ital. Ginevra, Late Lat. Gebenna, though Genava in good Latin)
• GENEVA, LAKE OF

Geneva, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in that See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city on the 3rd of See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 1751, and was educated for a clerical career . But he forsook it for 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, and this too he quickly deserted to devote himself to See also:

• EDUCATION

education and to travelling . He became intimate with J . J . 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, and, a little later, with Dugald See also:

• STEWART, ALEXANDER TURNEY (1803-1876)
• STEWART, BALFOUR (1828-1887)
• STEWART, CHARLES (1778–1869)
• STEWART, DUGALD (1753-1828)
• STEWART, J
• STEWART, JOHN (1749—1822)
• STEWART, JULIUS L
• STEWART, SIR DONALD MARTIN (1824–19o0)
• STEWART, SIR HERBERT (1843—1885)
• STEWART, SIR WILLIAM (c. 1540—c. 1605)
• STEWART, STUART
• STEWART, WILLIAM (c. 1480-c. 1550)

Stewart, having previously distinguished himself as a translator of and commentator on See also:

• EURIPIDES (48o–4o6 B.C.)

Euripides . See also:

• FREDERICK
• FREDERICK (Mod. Ger. Friedrich; Ital. Federigo; Fr. Frederic and Federic; M.H.G. Friderich; O.H.G. Fridurih, " king or lord of peace," from O.H.G. fridu, A.S. frith, " peace," and rfh " rich," " a ruler," for derivation of which see HENRY)

Frederick II. of See also:

• PRUSSIA
• PRUSSIA (Ger. Preussen; Lat. Borussia)

Prussia secured him in 178o as See also:

• PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

professor of See also:

• PHILOSOPHY (Gr. gthos, fond of, and vo4 (a, wisdom)

philosophy, and made him member of the Akademie der Wissenschaften in See also:

• BERLIN
• BERLIN, CONGRESS AND TREATY OF
• BERLIN, ISAIAH (1725–1799)

Berlin . He there became acquainted with See also:

• LAGRANGE, JOSEPH LOUIS (1736-1813)

Lagrange, and was thus led to turn his See also:

• ATTENTION (from Lat. ad-tendo, await, expect; the condition of being " stretched " or " tense ")

attention to See also:

• PHYSICAL

physical See also:

• SCIENCE (Lat. scientia, from scire; to learn, know)

science . After some years spent on See also:

• POLITICAL

political See also:

• ECONOMY

economy and on the principles of the See also:

• FINE

fine arts (in connexion with which he wrote, for the Berlin See also:

• MEMOIRS

Memoirs, a remarkable dissertation on See also:

• POETRY

poetry) he returned to Geneva and began his See also:

• WORK

work on See also:

• MAGNETISM
• MAGNETISM, TERRESTRIAL

magnetism and on See also:

• HEAT (0. E. haktu, which like " hot," Old Eng. hat, is from the Teutonic type haita, hit, to be hot; cf. Ger. hitze, heiss; Dutch, hitte, heet, &c.)

heat . Interrupted occasionally in his studies by political duties, in which he was often called to the front, he remained professor of philosophy at Geneva till he was called in 18ro to the See also:

• CHAIR (in. Mid. Eng. chcere, through O. Fr. chaire or chaiere, from Lat. cathedra, later caledra, Gr. xaOi3pa, seat, cf. "cathedral"; the modern Fr. form chaise, a chair, has been adopted in English with a particular meaning as a form of carriage; chaire

chair of physics . He died at Geneva on the 8th of See also:

• APRIL

April 1839 . See also:

• PREVOST, ANTOINE FRANCOIS (1697–1763)
• PREVOST, CONSTANT (1787-1856)
• PREVOST, EUGENE MARCEL (1862- )
• PREVOST, PIERRE (1751-1839)

Prevost published much on See also:

• PHILOLOGY

philology, philosophy, and political economy; but he will be remembered mainly for having published, with additions of his own, the Traite de physique of G . L .

Le See also:

• SAGE, RUSSELL (1816-1906)

Sage, and for his enunciation of the law of See also:

• EXCHANGE

exchange in See also:

• RADIATION, THEORY OF

radiation . His scientific publications included De l'Origine See also:

• DES

des forces magnetiques (1788), Recherches physico-mecaniques sur la chaleur (1792), and Essai sur le calorique rayonnant (1809) . PREVOST-PARADOL, LUCIEN ANATOLE (1829-1870), See also:

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

French See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man of letters, was born in 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 on the 8th of See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1829 . He was educated at the See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College See also:

• BOURBON
• BOURBON, CHARLES, DUKE OF (149o-1527)

Bourbon and entered the Ecole Normale . In 1855 he was appointed professor of French literature at See also:

• AIX

Aix . He held the See also:

• POST

post, however, barely a See also:

• YEAR

year, re-See also:

• SIGNING

signing it to become a See also:

• LEADER, BENJAMIN WILLIAMS (1831– )

leader-writer on the See also:

• JOURNAL
• JOURNAL (through Fr. from late Lat. diurnalis, daily)

Journal des Mats . He also wrote in the Courrier du dimanche, and for a very See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time in the Presse . His See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief See also:

• WORKS

works are Essais de politique et de litteralure (three See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series, 1859-1866), and Essais sur See also:

• LES

les moralistes See also:

• FRANCAIS, ANTOINE, COUNT (1756-1836)

francais (1864) . He was, however, rather a journalist than a writer of books, and was one of the chief opponents of the See also:

• EMPIRE

empire on the See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side of moderate liberalism . He underwent the usual difficulties of a journalist under that regime, and was once imprisoned . In 1865 he was elected an Academician . The ac-cession of Emile 011ivier to See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power was fatal to Prevost-Paradol, who apparently believed in the possibility of a liberal empire, and consequently accepted the See also:

• APPOINTMENT, POWER OF

appointment of See also:

• ENVOY (Fr. envoye, " sent ")

envoy to the See also:

• UNITED

United States .

This was the See also:

• SIGNAL

signal for the most unmeasured attacks on him from the republican party . He had scarcely installed himself in his post before the outbreak of See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war between See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France and Prussia occurred . He shot himself at See also:

• WASHINGTON
• WASHINGTON (or WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE)
• WASHINGTON, BOOKER TALIAFERRO (c. 1859– )
• WASHINGTON, BUSHROD (1762-1829)
• WASHINGTON, GEORGE (1732-1799)

Washington on the , rth of See also:

• JULY

July 187o, and died on the loth .