Henri-François-Alphonse Esquiros
Illustration — Henri-François-Alphonse Esquiros (ca. 1869) Henri-François-Alphonse Esquiros (23 May 1812 – 12 May 1876) was a French writer born in Paris. He usually wrote with the name Alphonse Esquiros.
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Henri-François-Alphonse Esquiros

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- Born
- 1812 · former 8th arrondissement of Paris.
- Died
- 1876 · Versailles.
- Nationality
- France
- Occupation
- politician · journalist · poet · historian · editor · writer · official
- Fields
- politics · literature · journalism
- Languages
- French
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Illustration — Henri-François-Alphonse Esquiros (ca. 1869) Henri-François-Alphonse Esquiros (23 May 1812 – 12 May 1876) was a French writer born in Paris. He usually wrote with the name Alphonse Esquiros.
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After some minor publications he produced L'évangile du peuple (1840), an exposition on the life and character of Jesus as a social reformer. This work was considered an offense against religion and decency, and Esquiros was fined and imprisoned. He was elected in 1850 as a socialist to the Legislative Assembly, but was exiled in 1851 for his opposition to the Second French Empire. Returning to France in 1869 he was again a member of the Legislative Assembly, and in 1876 was elected to the senate. He died in Versailles on 12 May 1876. He turned to account his residence in England in L'Angleterre et la vie anglaise (5 vols, 1859-1869), portions of which were also published in English, e.g. Cornwall and its Coasts (1865). Among his numerous works on social subjects may be noted Histoire des Montagnards (2 vols, 1847); Paris, ou Les sciences, les institutions, et les moeurs au XIXe siecle (2 vols, 1847); and Histoire des martyrs de la liberté (1851).
The recorded working language is French. The field of work recorded is politics, literature and journalism. Simon Ganneau is recorded as an influence. Places of work recorded in the authority are Paris. Positions recorded include senator of the French Third Republic and Prefect of Bouches-du-Rhône.
• Les Hirondelles, 1834 • Charlotte Corday, 1840 • L'Evangile du peuple, 1840 • Chants d'un prisonnier, 1841 • Le château enchanté, 1846 • Paris, ou Les sciences, les institutions, et les moeurs au XIXe siecle, 1847 • Histoire des Montagnards, 1847 • De la vie future au point de vue socialiste, 1850 • Histoire des martyrs de la liberté, 1851 • Les Vierges martyres, Les Vierges folles, Les Vierges sages 1840–42, La Morale universelle, 1859 • La Néerlande et la vie hollandaise, 1859 • L'Angleterre et la vie anglaise, 1869 • Illustrations de la marine française, 1851
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1812
Henri-François-Alphonse Esquiros born at former 8th arrondissement of Paris.
1876
Henri-François-Alphonse Esquiros died at Versailles.
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former 8th arrondissement of Paris.
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- 1.Vincent Wright, Éric Anceau, Jean-Pierre Machelon, Sudhir Hazareesingh, Les Préfets de Gambetta, Presses Paris Sorbonne, 2007, 482 pages, .
- 2.Acte de décès n°578. Archives Municipales de Versailles consulté. 99/266.
- 3.«Translations» politiques et culturelles ::les proscrits français et l'Angleterre. Genèses. 38. 1. 33–55. 2000. 1155-3219.
- 5.Jacobus Petrus van der Linden, Alphonse Esquiros de la bohème romantique à la république sociale, .
- 6.En 1870, avec Léo Taxil, William Esquiros fonde une de trois cents jeunes gens. Voir Sudhir Hazareesingh, « », , vol. 17, , mars 2003, .
- 7.Naomi J. Andrews, Socialism's Muse : Gender in the Intellectual Landscape of French Romantic Socialism, Lexington Books, 2006, 179 pages, .
- 8.Emmanuel Gustave Naquet, préfet de Léon Gambetta en Corse, directeur du journal Le Peuple. Comme la plupart des préfets de Gambetta, il est entré en fonction moins fortuné que ses collègues d'élite, mort dans l'indigence sans héritier ni succession.
- 9.À ce poste, il fonde la Ligue du Midi, une organisation patriotique républicaine, à Marseille en . Voir Sudhir Hazareesingh, « », , vol. 17, , mars 2003, .
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Bibliography printed in the source article · 9
- Adolphe Robert, Gaston Cougny (dir.), Dictionnaire des parlementaires français de 1789 à 1889, Paris, Edgar Bourloton, 1889, tome 2, Escars à Estagniol, -570.
- Sudhir Hazareesingh, « », , vol. 17, 1, , -78.
- Loïc Rignol, « Anthropologie et progrès dans la philosophie de l'histoire d'Alphonse Esquiros. Le système des Fastes populaires », Revue d'histoire du , 2000 20/21 Varia
- Sylvie Aprile, « "Translations" politiques et culturelles : les proscrits français et l'Angleterre », Genèses, 38 dossier « Figures de l'exil », 2000/1
- Anthony Zielonka, Alphonse Esquiros (1812-1876) : a study of his works, Paris, Champion ; Genève, Slatkine, 1985, 300 p.
- Gian Mario Bravo, Les Socialistes avant Marx (3 tomes), Paris, F. Maspero, 1970, 243 p.
- Jacques P. Van der Linden, Alphonse Esquiros, de la bohème romantique à la république sociale, Heerlen, Winants ; Paris, A.-G. Nizet, 1948, 237 p.
- Benjamin Pifteau (1836-1890), Le Biographe illustré (tome 3 comprenant : Louis Blanc, Émile de Girardin, Edgar Quinet, Jules Michelet, Félicité Robert de Lamennais, Alphonse Esquiros), Sceaux, imprimerie de M. et P.-E. Charaire, 1877
- Serge Sautreau (1943-2010), La Filière Esquiros, nouvelles ; Éditions Impeccables, Falaise, 2012, 112 p.
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