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MONNIER, MARC (1827-1885)

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Originally appearing in Volume V18, Page 729 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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MONNIER, MARC (1827-1885)

MONNIER, MARC (1827-1885) , See also:

French writer, was See also:

BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

Florence on the 7th of See also:

DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1827. His See also:

FATHER

father was French, and his See also:

MOTHER

mother a Genevese; he received his See also:

early See also:

EDUCATION

education in See also:

Naples, he then studied in See also:

Paris and See also:

Geneva, and he completed his education at See also:

HEIDELBERG

Heidelberg and See also:

Berlin. He became See also:

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

professor of See also:

COMPARATIVE

comparative literature at Geneva, and eventually See also:

VICE

vice-See also:

RECTOR (Lat. for " ruler," " guide," &c., from regere, " rule ")

rector of the university. He died at Geneva on the 18th of See also:

APRIL

April 1885. He wrote a See also:

SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series of See also:

SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short, satirical, dramatic sketches collected as See also:

THEATRE (BEarpov, " a place for seeing," from OeacOae)

Theatre de See also:

MARIONETTES (probably from Ital. morio, a fool or buffoon, but also said to be derived from the mariolettes, or little figures of the Virgin Mary), FANTOCCINI (from fantino, a child)

marionettes (1871), and stories, notably Nouvelles napolitaines (1879), numerous See also:

WORKS

works on See also:

ITALIAN

Italian See also:

HISTORY

history, a See also:

TRANSLATION

translation of See also:

GOETHE, JOHANN WOLFGANG VON (1749-1832)

Goethe's See also:

FAUST, or FAUSTUS

Faust, Geneve et ses pates (1873), &e. The first See also:

VOLUME

volume of his Histoire de la liteerature moderne, La See also:

RENAISSANCE, THE

Renaissance, de See also:

DANTE

Dante d See also:

LUTHER, MARTIN (1483-1546)

Luther (1884), was crowned by the French See also:

Academy. See E. See also:

RAMBERT, EUGENE (1830-1886)

Rambert, Ecrivains nationaux suisses, vol. i. (Geneva, 1874).

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