EMILE OLLIVIER
\ˈɛma͡ɪl ˈɒlɪvɪə], \ˈɛmaɪl ˈɒlɪvɪə], \ˈɛ_m_aɪ_l ˈɒ_l_ɪ_v_ɪ__ə]\
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A French statesman and political writer; born at Marseilles, July 2, 1825. He was elected to the French Academy (1870) as successor to Lamartine. His main works are: "Democracy and Liberty" (1867); "Church and State in the Council of the Vatican" (2 vols., 1879); "Thiers in the Academy and in History" (1880); "1789 and 1889" (1890).
By Charles Dudley Warner
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