- Francisque Xavier Michel
Francisque Xavier Michel (
January 18 ,1809 -May 18 ,1887 ), a frenchhistorian , was born inLyon .Life
He became known for his editions of French works of the Middle Ages, and the French Government, recognizing their value, sent him to
England (1833) andScotland (1837) to continue his research there. In 1839 he was appointed professor of foreign literature in the "Faculté des lettres" at theUniversity of Bordeaux . Between 1834 and 1842 he published editions of many works written between the eleventh and fourteenth centuries in French, English, and Saxon, including the "Roman de la rose" and the "Chanson de Roland". Subsequently he published French translations of Goldsmith, Sterne, Shakespeare, and Tennyson.Publications
*"Histoire des races maudites de la France et de l'Espagne" (1847)
*"Recherches sur le commerce pendant le moyen âge" (1852-1854)
*"Les Ecossais en France et les français en Ecosse" (1862)
*"Etudes de philologie comparée sur l'argot" (1856)
*"Le Pays basque" (1857)
*"Histoire du commerce et de la navigation a Bordeaux" (1867-1871)
*in conjunction with Edouard Fournier, "Histoire des hôtelleries, cabarets, hotels garnis" (1851-1854)References
*1911
* William Cole. First and Otherwise Notable Editions of Medieval French Texts Printed from 1742 to 1874: A Bibliographical Catalogue of My Collection. Sitges: Cole & Contreras, 2005.
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