Edgar Quinet

Edgar Quinet (February 17, 1803–March 27, 1875) was a French historian and man of letters.

References

The 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, in turn, gives the following references:

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• For many years Quinet received little attention in France, but it was revived, though not very strongly, by the publication in 1899 of Madame Quinet's Cinquante ans d'amitié (that between her husband and Michelet), and by the centenary of his birth. On this latter (1903) appeared A l'occasion du centenaire, by E. Ledrain; see also Libres Penseurs religieux, by E. Paris (1905). There is in English an elaborate Early Life and Writings of Edgar Quinet, by R. Heath (London, 1881). (G. SA.).