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LEBRUN, PIERRE ANTOINE (1785–1873)

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Originally appearing in Volume V16, Page 352 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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LEBRUN, See also:PIERRE See also:ANTOINE (1785–1873) , See also:French poet, was See also:born in See also:Paris on the 29th of See also:November 1785. An See also:Ode ei la grande armee, mistaken at the See also:time for the See also:work of Ecouchard Lebrun, attracted See also:Napoleon's See also:attention, and secured for theauthor a See also:pension of 1200 francs. Lebrun's plays, once famous, are now forgotten. They are: Ulysse (1814), See also:Marie See also:Stuart (1820), which obtained a See also:great success, and Le See also:Cid d'Andalousie (1825). Lebrun visited See also:Greece in 1820, and on his return to Paris he published in 1822 an ode on the See also:death of Napoleon which cost him his pension. In 1825 he was the See also:guest of See also:Sir See also:Walter See also:Scott at See also:Abbotsford. The See also:coronation of See also:Charles X. in that See also:year inspired the verses entitled La Vallee de Champrosay, which have, perhaps, done more to secure his fame than his more ambitious attempts. In 1828 appeared his most important poem, La Grece, and in the same year he was elected to the See also:Academy. The revolution of 1830 opened up for him a public career; in 1831 he was made director of the Imprimerie Royale, and subsequently filled with distinction other public offices, becoming senator in 18J3. He died on the 27th of May 1873. See Sainte-Beuve, Portraits contemporains, vol. ii.

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