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Girardin, Émile de
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Journalist and politician, born in Switzerland, the natural son of General Alexandre de Girardin; took to stockbroking, but quitting it for journalism he soon established a reputation as a ready, vivacious writer, and in 1836 started La Presse , the first French penny paper; his rapid change of front in politics earned for him the nickname of "The Weathercock"; latterly he adhered to the Republican cause, and founded La France in its interest; he published many political brochures and a few plays, and was for some years editor of La Liberté (1806-1881).—His wife,
njoyed a wide celebrity both as a beauty and authoress; her poems, plays, and novels fill six vols. (1806-1881).
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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Girardin, Émile de'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/g/girardin-mile-de.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Girardin, Émile de'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/g/girardin-mile-de.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
