SAINT-RENÉ TAILLANDIER
SAINT-RENÉ TAILLANDIER (1817-1879), French littérateur and professor, born at Paris; filled the chair of Literature at the Sorbonne from 1863; wrote various works of literary, historical, and philosophical interest, and did much by his writings to extend the knowledge of German art and literature in France; was a frequent contributor to the
Revue des Deux Mondes, and in 1873 was elected a member of the Academy.