François Guizot
François Guizot was a French politician, diplomat, historian, translator, writer and literary critic (1787–1874). He was born at Nîmes and died at Abbey of Val-Richer.
Also recorded as François Pierre Guillaume Guizot; François-Pierre-Guillaume Guizot.
François Guizot in brief
- Born
- 1787
- Died
- 1874
- Known for
- politician, diplomat, historian, translator, writer and literary critic
- Place of birth
- Nîmes
Contents
Identity and origins
The authorities additionally record the headings François Pierre Guillaume Guizot and François-Pierre-Guillaume Guizot. His recorded language was French. His recorded confession was Reformed Christianity.
He was the child of André Guizot and Élisabeth-Sophie Bonicel. He married Elisabeth Charlotte Pauline Guizot and Marguerite Guizot. 3 children are recorded: Pauline de Witt, Guillaume Guizot and Henriette Guizot de Witt.
Formation and teaching
François Guizot studied at University of Geneva. He trained under Pierre de Joux. His recorded influences include Jacques Bénigne Bossuet and Louis Bourdaloue.
As a teacher, François Guizot is recorded in connection with Jules Michelet and Honoré de Balzac. Each of those relationships is stated by the authority record rather than inferred from style.
Career and activity
His work is associated with liberalism.
He was employed by University of Paris. Recorded positions include member of the general council, ambassador, head of government of France and member of the French National Assembly. He belonged to Académie Française, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, German Archaeological Institute, Hungarian Academy of Sciences and American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He worked at Paris.
Recognition and collections
François Guizot received Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece, Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order, Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour, Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Grand Cross of the Order of the Redeemer and Order of Saint Januarius.
Catalogued works
43 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service, Open Library and Wellcome Collection. Their recorded dates run from 1815 to 1997.
History of the English Revolution of 1640. Sir Robert Peel/02. Sir Robert Peel. Democracy in France. Popular History of England 1837-1874. History of Civilization in Europe from The Fall of The Roman Empire to The French Revolution. Tempête. Jules César. A Popular History of England. History of Oliver Cromwell and the English commonwealth, from the execution of Charles the First to the death of Cromwell:. Memoirs of Sir Robert Peel. Mélanges Politiques et Historiques ... History of Civilization. Corneille and His Times. Geschichte der Revolution in England Von Thronbesteigung Karl's I. Bis Zu Seinem Tode, Erster Band. Essai Sur l'histoire et Sur l'état Actuel de l'instruction Publique en France. History of Oliver Cromwell and the English Commonwealth. Shakespeare and His Times. Histoire des Francs... Histoire des Croisades... Songe d'une Nuit D'�t�. Meditations on the essence of Christianity,. France. History of Richard Cromwell and the Restoration of Charles Ii; Volume 2. Histoire de la Guerre des Albigeois. Philippide. Monk. Mémoires Pour Servir À l'histoire de Mon Temps; Volume 6. Mélanges Politiques et Historiques. De la démocratie en France : (Janvier 1849). Histoire Parlementaire de France. Songe d'une Nuit D'été. History of the Origin of Representative Government in Europe. Collection Des Mémoires Relatifs À L'histoire De France Depuis La Fondation De La Monarchie Française Jusqu'au 13E Siècle, Volume 27. Essais Sur l'Histoire de France. Memoires Pour Servir A L'Histoire de Mon Temps, Volume 4 (French Edition). A decrepit Louis-Philippe is made ready for an enema by François Guizot; symbolising Guizot's domination of the French government towards the end of the July monarchy. Lithograph by J.E. Deshayes, c. 1848., dated c. 1848, held by Wellcome Collection. The history of civilization in Europe / François Guizot ; translated by William Hazlitt ; edited with an introduction by Larry Siedentop., dated [1997], held by Wellcome Collection. The history of civilization, from the fall of the Roman Empire to the French Revolution / By G. Guizot. Translated by William Hazlitt., dated 1846, held by Wellcome Collection. Le matérialisme actuel / par Bergson, H. Poincaré, Ch. Gide [and others]., dated [1913], held by Wellcome Collection. Florence Nightingale. Stipple engraving by C. Cook., held by Wellcome Collection. An exhausted mother gives birth before a crowd of French officials; symbolising the birth of the ideas of the July Revolution and their troubled patrimony in the hands of contemporary politicians. Lithograph by E. Forest after J. Grandville, 1831, after Eugène Devéria, 1827., dated [1831], held by Wellcome Collection. The transfer of the coffins of King Louis XVI of France and his wife, Queen Marie Antoinette, to the church St. Denis in Paris on 21 January 1815. Etching with engraving, 1815., dated 1815, held by Wellcome Collection.
In public collections
Work associated with this heading is recorded in 1 named public collection.
Wellcome Collection: 8 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.
Literature
13 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.
Guizot, François(-Pierre-Guillaume), Oxford Art Online, 2003. Guizot, François Pierre Guillaume, Religion Past and Present. François Pierre Guillaume Guizot: an intellectual approach, 2000. L’édition numérique de la correspondance de François Guizot et de la princesse de Lieven (1836-1856) sur la plateforme EMAN : Association François-Guizot – ITEM (CNRS/ENS), Le virtuel au service du chercheur, 2021. Guizot, François, Encyclopedia of Romantic Nationalism in Europe, 2015. François Guizot, Lettres à sa fille Henriette (1836-1874), Cahiers d’histoire, 2004. Joaquim José Rodrigues Torres e a criação da escola normal fluminense (1834-1840), Revista Maracanan, 2012. O Império da Opinião: Espaço público, opinião pública e a legitimidade do político no argumento liberal francês, Dados: Revista de Ciências Sociais, 2018. Au détour du moment Guizot, Recherches & Travaux, 2017. Rançois Guizot vs Napoleon Bonaparte: Two “ heroes” of national history, Шаги, 2023. Feodalité y féodalisme antes del medievalismo: Presencia y ausencia de dos conceptos en la historiografía francesa, 1828-1870, L'Atelier du CRH, 2023. L’histoire des idées éducatives pourquoi : à partir de la réception de la méthode Pestalozzi, en 1813, par le couple Guizot, Recherches en Éducation, 2020. ESTADO E SOCIEDADE CIVIL NA TEORIA POLÍTICA FRANCESA DO SÉCULO XIX: O DEBATE SOBRE A FORMAÇÃO DA SOCIEDADE PÓS-REVOLUCIONÁRIA, Lua Nova: Revista de Cultura e Política, 2021.
Digitised editions and texts
20 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by Internet Archive and Project Gutenberg.
Discours académiques suivis des discours prononcés pour la distribution des prix au concours général de l'Université et devant diverses sociétés religieuses et de trois essais de philosophie litteraire et politique par M. Guizot (1861) — Internet Archive. Histoire de la civilisation en France: depuis la chute de l'empire romain (1846) — Internet Archive. Histoire de la décadence et de la chute de l'Empire romain (1812) — Internet Archive. Études biographiques sur la révolution d'Angleterre: parlementaires ... (1851) — Internet Archive. Méditations sur l'etat actuel de la religion chrétienne par Guizot (1866) — Internet Archive. Della democrazia in Francia gennaio 1849 per Francesco Guizot (1849) — Internet Archive. A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times vol 3 (2010) — Internet Archive. كتاب التحفة الادبية في تاريخ تمدن الممالك الاورباوية (1877) — Internet Archive. A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, vol 4 (2011) — Internet Archive. Essais sur l'histoire de France, par F. Guizot, professeur d'histoire moderne à l'Académie de Paris; pour servir de complément aux observations sur l'histoire de France de l'abbé de Mably (1823) — Internet Archive. Du gouvernement de la France, depuis la restauration, et du ministère actuel (1820) — Internet Archive. Méditations sur l'essence de la religion chrétienne (2001) — Internet Archive. Memoirs to Illustrate the History of My Time, Volume 1 — Project Gutenberg. A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 5 — Project Gutenberg. A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 6 — Project Gutenberg. A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 2 — Project Gutenberg. A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 1 — Project Gutenberg. A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 3 — Project Gutenberg. A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 4 — Project Gutenberg. History of the Origin of Representative Government in Europe — Project Gutenberg.
Scholarly footprint
Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 49 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.
Evidence base
This article draws on 6 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 6 means 6 genuinely separate publishers of record. 11 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.
In detail
François Guizot studied at University of Geneva. training under Pierre de Joux is recorded. Jules Michelet and Honoré de Balzac are recorded as having studied under François Guizot. the recorded working language is French.
The authority associates the name with liberalism. Jacques Bénigne Bossuet and Louis Bourdaloue are recorded as an influence.
Places of work recorded in the authority are Paris. Employment is recorded with University of Paris. Positions recorded include member of the general council and ambassador. Membership is recorded of Académie Française, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and German Archaeological Institute.
Distinctions recorded are Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece, Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order, Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour and Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Chronology
- 1787François Guizot born at Nîmes.
- 1812Histoire de la décadence et de la chute de l'Empire romain digitised by Internet Archive.
- 1846Histoire de la civilisation en France: depuis la chute de l'empire romain digitised by Internet Archive.
- 1849Della democrazia in Francia gennaio 1849 per Francesco Guizot digitised by Internet Archive.
- 1851Études biographiques sur la révolution d'Angleterre: parlementaires ... digitised by Internet Archive.
- 1861Discours académiques suivis des discours prononcés pour la distribution des prix au concours général de l'Université et devant diverses sociétés religieuses et de trois essais de philosophie litteraire et politique par M. Guizot digitised by Internet Archive.
- 1866Méditations sur l'etat actuel de la religion chrétienne par Guizot digitised by Internet Archive.
- 1874François Guizot died at Abbey of Val-Richer.
Sources
Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.
- 1.
François Pierre Guillaume Guizot: an intellectual approach, 2000
scholarly publication · Scholarly
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Guizot, François Pierre Guillaume, Religion Past and Present
scholarly publication · Scholarly
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Guizot, François, Encyclopedia of Romantic Nationalism in Europe, 2015
scholarly publication · Scholarly
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Guizot, François(-Pierre-Guillaume), Oxford Art Online, 2003
scholarly publication · Scholarly
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L’édition numérique de la correspondance de François Guizot et de la princesse de Lieven (1836-1856) sur la plateforme EMAN : Association François-Guizot – ITEM (CNRS/ENS), Le virtuel au service du chercheur, 2021
scholarly publication · Scholarly
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Open Library author record for François Guizot (Internet Archive), 39 catalogued works.
Institutional database · Scholarly · Internet Archive
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Directory of Open Access Journals lists 16 articles naming François Guizot.
open access index · Unverified
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Gemeinsame Normdatei 1092420215, Colloque François Guizot.
authority file · Unverified · Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
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Internet Archive, 64 digitised items catalogued under François Guizot as creator.
digital repository · Unverified
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Project Gutenberg holds 32 full texts attributed to François Guizot.
digital repository · Unverified
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Wellcome Collection catalogue records 8 works naming François Guizot.
museum collection · Unverified · Wellcome Collection
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Wikidata, structured authority record Q157324: François Guizot
reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikimedia Foundation
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“François Guizot”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia
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