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Pierre Clement Eugène Pelletan

French writer, born Saint-Palais-sur-Meir, 20 Oct. 1813. As a journalist he wrote in La Presse, under the name of “Un Inconnu,” articles distinguished by their love of liberty and progress. He also contributed to the Revue des Deux Mondes. In ’52 he published his Profession of Faith of the Nineteenth Century, and in ’57 The Law of Progress and The Philosophical Kings. From ’53–’55 he opposed Napoleon in the Siècle, and afterwards established La Tribune Française. In ’63 he was elected deputy, but his election being annulled, he was re-elected in ’64. He took distinguished rank among the democratic opposition. After the battle of Sedan he was made member of the Committee of National Defence, and in ’76 of the Senate, of which he became vice-president in ’79. In ’78 he wrote a study on Frederick the Great entitled Un Roi Philosophe, and in ’83 Is God Dead? Died at Paris, 14 Dec. 1884.

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