Frédéric Plessis | |
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Born | Frédéric Édouard Plessis February 3, 1851 |
Died | January 29, 1942 | (aged 90)
Frédéric-Édouard Plessis (February 3, 1851 - January 29, 1942) was a French poet, novelist, journalist and classical philologist. [1] [2]
The Plessis family originates from Côtes d'Armor. His father, Édouard-Henri-Joseph Plessis, a naval surgeon, was born in Saint-Brieuc. His mother Marie-Louise Brunot was born in Guingamp. They married in Guingamp in November 1846. [3] [4]
Marie-Louise Plessis, née Brunot, was the daughter of a subprefect of Guingamp. Well-educated, she had a great literary influence on her son Frédéric. [5]
Plessis was born in Brest, on February 3, 1851. He lived in Brest until he was thirteen years old. [6] A brilliant and serious student, he had good grades, particularly in Latin. [7] In 1864, the Plessis family moved from Brest to Paris. Plessis was educated at the Lycée Louis-le-Grand, receiving his baccalaureate two years later. [8]
After his baccalaureate, Plessis began studies in medicine, as his father did, at the University of Paris. After one year, he decided that he did not want to pursue this path. He then applied to the department of law at the University of Rennes. But the study of law did not satisfy him either, so he decided to study the humanities. [4] [9]
In 1878, he received a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Clermont-Ferrand, where he formed friendships with Emmanuel des Essarts and Pierre de Nolhac. [10] [11] He took the courses of Eugène Benoist and linguist Michel Bréal. [6] In 1884, he defended his dissertation for a degree of Doctor of the Arts, entitled Études critiques sur Properce et ses élégies. Included in this dissertation were six photographs of the Codex Neapolitanus of Propertius which he took while he was in Wolfenbüttel, Germany. [12] [13]
In 1880, Plessis began his career in higher education. He taught Latin and Latin literature in different French universities: Poitiers, from 1880 to 1884; Caen, from 1884 to 1887; Bordeaux, from 1887 to 1891; and Lyon, from 1891 to 1892. He was named docent at the École normale supérieure, where he taught courses from 1894 to 1907. In 1905, he obtained the position of chair of Latin poetry at Sorbonne University, which he occupied until his retirement, in 1922. He produced a number of translations and Latin works ( Terence, Propertius, Cicero, Virgil, Horace), dealing mainly in Latin poetry. [6]
He died in his house in Paris. He is buried in the Vaugirard Cemetery. [14]
Plessis married Berthe Le Carpentier in Caen in 1883. They had five children. [6]
Note: the listed date is the date of first publication
Frédéric Plessis | |
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Born | Frédéric Édouard Plessis February 3, 1851 |
Died | January 29, 1942 | (aged 90)
Frédéric-Édouard Plessis (February 3, 1851 - January 29, 1942) was a French poet, novelist, journalist and classical philologist. [1] [2]
The Plessis family originates from Côtes d'Armor. His father, Édouard-Henri-Joseph Plessis, a naval surgeon, was born in Saint-Brieuc. His mother Marie-Louise Brunot was born in Guingamp. They married in Guingamp in November 1846. [3] [4]
Marie-Louise Plessis, née Brunot, was the daughter of a subprefect of Guingamp. Well-educated, she had a great literary influence on her son Frédéric. [5]
Plessis was born in Brest, on February 3, 1851. He lived in Brest until he was thirteen years old. [6] A brilliant and serious student, he had good grades, particularly in Latin. [7] In 1864, the Plessis family moved from Brest to Paris. Plessis was educated at the Lycée Louis-le-Grand, receiving his baccalaureate two years later. [8]
After his baccalaureate, Plessis began studies in medicine, as his father did, at the University of Paris. After one year, he decided that he did not want to pursue this path. He then applied to the department of law at the University of Rennes. But the study of law did not satisfy him either, so he decided to study the humanities. [4] [9]
In 1878, he received a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Clermont-Ferrand, where he formed friendships with Emmanuel des Essarts and Pierre de Nolhac. [10] [11] He took the courses of Eugène Benoist and linguist Michel Bréal. [6] In 1884, he defended his dissertation for a degree of Doctor of the Arts, entitled Études critiques sur Properce et ses élégies. Included in this dissertation were six photographs of the Codex Neapolitanus of Propertius which he took while he was in Wolfenbüttel, Germany. [12] [13]
In 1880, Plessis began his career in higher education. He taught Latin and Latin literature in different French universities: Poitiers, from 1880 to 1884; Caen, from 1884 to 1887; Bordeaux, from 1887 to 1891; and Lyon, from 1891 to 1892. He was named docent at the École normale supérieure, where he taught courses from 1894 to 1907. In 1905, he obtained the position of chair of Latin poetry at Sorbonne University, which he occupied until his retirement, in 1922. He produced a number of translations and Latin works ( Terence, Propertius, Cicero, Virgil, Horace), dealing mainly in Latin poetry. [6]
He died in his house in Paris. He is buried in the Vaugirard Cemetery. [14]
Plessis married Berthe Le Carpentier in Caen in 1883. They had five children. [6]
Note: the listed date is the date of first publication