LC control no. | nr 93018612 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Fain, Agathon-Jean-François, baron, 1778-1837 |
Birth date | 1778-01-11 |
Death date | 1837-09-16 |
Place of birth | Paris (France) |
Place of death | Paris (France) |
Profession or occupation | Historians Authors |
Found in | His Memoirs of the invasion of France ... 1991: t.p. (Baron Fain) Grande encyclopédie (Fain, Agathon-Jean-François, baron; French historian, b. 11 Jan. 1778; d. 16 Sept. 1837) Wikipedia, September 19, 2018 (Agathon Jean François Fain; Agathon Jean François Fain (January 11, 1778--September 16, 1837) was a French historian; he was born and died in Paris, France; in 1806 he was appointed secretary and archivist to the cabinet particulier of the emperor, whom he attended on his campaigns and journeys; he was created a baron of the empire in 1809, and, on the fall of Napoleon, was first secretary of the cabinet and confidential secretary; compelled by the second Restoration to retire into private life, he devoted his leisure to writing the history of his times; immediately after the overthrow of Charles X, King Louis Philippe appointed Fain first secretary of his cabinet (August 1830); Fain was a member of the council of state and deputy from Montargis from 1834 until his death) |
Associated language | fre |