Pierre-Francois Tissot (1768-1854) - French writer.
| Pierre-Francois Tissot | |
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| fr. Pierre-François Tissot | |
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| Date of Birth | March 10, 1768 |
| Place of Birth | Versailles |
| Date of death | April 7, 1854 (86 years old) |
| Place of death | Paris |
| Citizenship | France |
| Occupation | , , , , , , |
| Language of Works | French |
An active supporter of the revolution , in 1795 he underwent persecution and short-term imprisonment, then, to maintain his family, he became a craftsman. In 1798 he was elected deputy. In 1810, the poet J. Delil chose him as his assistant in the department of Latin poetry at the College de France . Upon the death of Delil in May 1813, Tisso replaced him in the department, which he lost in 1821; the revolution of 1830 returned it to him.
His main works:
- Études sur Virgile (1825-30),
- Souvenirs du 1 prairial an III (1799),
- "Les trois conjurés irlandais, ou l'Ombre d'Emmet" (1854),
- "Trophées des armées françaises" (1819),
- “De la poésie latine” (1821),
- Poésies érotiques (1826),
- Souvenirs historiques sur Talma (1826),
- “Histoire complète de la révolution française” (1833),
- Histoire de Napoléon (1833),
- “Leçons et modèles de littérature française” (1835–36),
- "Précis d'histoire universelle" (1841).
Links
- Tissot, Pierre-Francois // Encyclopedic Dictionary of Brockhaus and Efron : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.