Louis Adolphe Thiers

Louis Adolphe Thiers (1795-1877) was a French statesman and historian, born at Marseilles, of parents in poor circumstances. He studied law at Aix, became acquainted with Mignet the historian and went with him to Paris, and took to journalism. He published in 1827 his "History of the French Revolution," which established his rank as a writer. He contributed to the July revolution. He supported Louis Philippe, and was in 1832 elected a deputy for Aix. Having obtained a post in the ministry, he eventually head. However, he was swept out of office at the revolution of 1848. He was voted for the presidency of Louis Napoleon, but opposed the coup d'état. Thereafter, he withdrew from public life for a time. He published in 1860 the "History of the Consulate and the Empire" a labour of years. After that he entered public life again, but soon retired. At the close of the Franco-German War raised the war indemnity, and saw the Germans off the soil. He became head of the Provisional Government, and President of the Republic from 1871 to 1873. His histories are very one-sided, and often inaccurate besides. Carlyle's criticism of his "French Revolution" is well known, "Dig where you will, you come to water".

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