Émile Deschanel

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name = Émile Deschanel


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birth_date = birth date|1819|11|19
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death_date = death date and age|1904|1|26|1819|11|19
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occupation = Author and politician
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children = Paul Deschanel

Émile Auguste Étienne Martin Deschanel, (19 November 1819 - 26 January 1904) was a French author and politician, the father of Paul Deschanel, the 11th President of the French Republic.

His works include: "Études sur Aristophane" (1867), "Le Romantisme des classiques" (1882), and the controversial "Catholicisme et socialisme" (1850). As a result, Napoleon III forced him into exile between 1851 and 1859. He later became a professor at the Collège de France and in 1881 became a lifetime member of the French senate.

A street bearing his name is located in Paris's VIIe arrondissement bordering the Champs de Mars.