Gabriel Jean Baptiste Ernest Wilfrid Legouvé (5 February 1807 - 14 March 1903) was a French dramatist. Events 1576 - Henry of Navarre converts to Roman Catholicism in order to ensure his right to the throne of France. Year 1807 ( MDCCCVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1489 - The Queen of Cyprus, Catherine Cornaro, sells her kingdom to Venice. Year 1903 ( MCMIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar or a Common year starting This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. A playwright, also known as a dramatist, is a person who writes dramatic literature or Drama.
Biography
Son of the poet Gabriel-Marie Legouvé (1764-1812), he was born in Paris. Gabriel Marie Jean Baptiste Legouvé ( 23 June 1764 – 30 August 1812) poet father of Ernest Legouvé (1807–1903 and son of J Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city His mother died in 1810, and almost immediately afterwards his father was removed to a lunatic asylum. The child, however, inherited a considerable fortune, and was carefully educated. Jean Nicolas Bouilly (1763-1842) was his tutor, and early instilled into the young Legouvé a passion for literature, to which the example of his father and of his grandfather, J. Jean-Nicolas Bouilly ( January 24, 1763 &ndash April 14, 1842) was a French playwright librettist, children's writer B. Legouvé (1729-1783), predisposed him.
As early as 1829 he carried away a prize of the Académie française for a poem on the discovery of printing; and in 1832 he published a curious little volume of verses, entitled Les Morts Bizarres. L'Académie française, or the French Academy, is the pre-eminent French learned body on matters pertaining to the French language. In those early days Legouvé brought out a succession of novels, of which Édith de Falsen enjoyed a considerable success. In 1847 he began the work by which he is best remembered, his contributions to the development and education of the female mind, by lecturing at the College of France on the moral history of women: these discourses were collected into a volume in 1848, and enjoyed a great success. The Collège de France is a higher education and research establishment ( Grand établissement) located in Paris, France, in the 5th arrondissement
Legouvé wrote considerably for the stage, and in 1849 he collaborated with A. E. Scribe in Adrienne Lecouvreur. Year 1849 ( MDCCCXLIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Augustin Eugène Scribe ( December 24, 1791 – February 20, 1861) was a French dramatist and Librettist. Adrienne Lecouvreur ( April 5, 1692 &ndash March 20, 1730) was a French actress. In 1855 he brought out his tragedy of Médée, the success of which had much to do with his election to the Académie française. He succeeded to the fauteuil of J. A. Ancelot, and was received by Flourens, who dwelt on the plays of Legouvé as his principal claim to consideration. Jacques-Arsène-Polycarpe-François Ancelot ( February 9, 1794 - 1854 was a French Dramatist and Litterateur. Marie Jean Pierre Flourens ( April 15, 1794 - December 6, 1867) father of Gustave Flourens, was a French Physiologist
As time passed on, however, he became less prominent as a playwright, and more so as a lecturer and propagandist on womans rights and the advanced education of children, in both of which directions he was a pioneer in French society. His La Femme en France au XIXe siècle (1864), reissued, much enlarged, in 1878; his Messieurs les enfants (1868), his Conférences Parisiennes (1872), his Nos filles et nos fils (1877), and his Une Éducation de jeune fille (1884) were works of wide-reaching influence in the moral order.
In 1886-1887 he published, in two volumes, his Soixante ans de souvenirs, an excellent specimen of autobiography. He was raised in 1887 to the highest grade of the Legion of Honor, and held for many years the post of inspector-general of female education in the national schools. Legouvé was always an advocate of physical training. He was long accounted one of the best shots in France, and although, from a conscientious objection, he never fought a duel, he made the art of fencing his lifelong hobby. Fencing is the art of armed Combat involving Cutting, Stabbing, or slapping bludgeoning Weapons directly manipulated by hand After the death of Désiré Nisard in 1888, Legouvé became the father of the French Academy. Jean Marie Napoléon Désiré Nisard ( March 20, 1806 - March 27, 1888) was a French Author and Critic. He died in 1903.
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| Preceded by Jacques-François Ancelot |
Seat 30 Académie française 1855-1903 |
Succeeded by René Bazin |
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