Adolphe Thiers
At a glance:
- Series: Dictionary of World Biography: The 19th Century
- Categories: Government and Politics, Education
- Subcategories: Politicians, Diplomats, Authors, Writers, Presidents, Prime Ministers, Historians
- Curriculum: 19th Century European History, French History
Article abstract: Thiers was a central figure among the moderate politicians who in the early nineteenth century created the July Monarchy and, forty years later, the Third Republic. He also wrote important multivolume histories of the revolutionary and Napoleonic eras.
Early Life
Marie-Joseph-Louis-Adolphe Thiers was born a month before his parents married. Four months later his ne’er-do-well father, Louis, disappeared and was not heard from again until his son was successful enough to provide financial support. Adolphe was reared in poverty by his...
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