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APPERT, BENJAMIN NICOLAS MARIE (1797-1847)

APPERT, See also:
BENJAMIN
BENJAMIN, JUDAHPHILIP (1811-1884)
BENJAMIN See also:
NICOLAS
NICOLAS, SIR NICHOLAS HARRIS (1799–1848)
NICOLAS See also:
MARIE
MARIE (1797-1847) , See also:

French philanthropist, was See also:

BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in See also:

Paris on the loth of See also:

SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1797. While a See also:

young See also:

man he introduced a See also:

SYSTEM

system of mutual instruction into the regimental See also:

SCHOOLS

schools of the See also:

DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

department of the See also:

NORD

Nord. The success which it obtained induced him to publish a See also:

MANUAL

Manual setting forth his system. While engaged in teaching prisoners at Montaigu, he See also:

fell under the suspicion of having connived at the See also:

ESCAPE (in mid. Eng. eschape or escape, from the O. Fr. eschapper, modern echapper, and escaper, low Lat. escapium, from ex, out of, and cappa, cape, cloak; cf. for the sense development the Gr. iichueoOat, literally to put off one's clothes, hence to sli

escape of two of them, and was thrown into the See also:

PRISON (derived through the Fr. from the Lat. prehensio, seizure)

prison of La Force. On his See also:

RELEASE (O.Fr. reles, variant of relais, from relaisser, to release, let go, Lat. relaxare)

release he resolved to devote the See also:

REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest of his See also:

LIFE

life to bettering the See also:

CONDITION (Lat. condicio, from condicere, to agree upon, arrange; not connected with conditio, from condere, conditum, to put together)

condition of those whose See also:

lot he had for a See also:

time shared, and he travelled much over See also:

EUROPE

Europe for the purpose of studying the various systems of prison discipline, and wrote several books on the subject. After the revolution of 183o he became secretary to See also:

Queen Marie Amelie, and organized the See also:

MEASURES

measures taken for the See also:

RELIEF

relief of the needy. He was decorated with the See also:

LEGION (Lat. legio)

Legion of See also:

HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

Honour in 1835. His See also:

BROTHER

brother, See also:

FRANCOIS (1558-1614)

FRANCOIS APPERT (d. 1840), was the inventor of the method of preserving See also:

food by enclosing it in hermetically sealed tins; he See also:

LEFT

left a See also:

WORK

work entitled See also:

Art de conserver See also:

les substances animales et vt g6lables.

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