LOUIS ADOLPHE THIERS
\lˈuːi ˈadɒlf θˈi͡əz], \lˈuːi ˈadɒlf θˈiəz], \l_ˈuː_i_ ˈa_d_ɒ_l_f θ_ˈiə_z]\
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A French statesman and author of the first rank; born at Marseilles, April 16, 1797; died at St.-Germain, Sept. 3, 1877. In 1822 he moved to Paris, and became contributor to the Constitutionnel; in 1823 he began to publish his "History of the French Revolution", which was finished in 1827, in 10 vols.; in 1830 he founded the National, in connection with Mignet and Armand Carrel; in 1832 he became Minister of the Interior; in 1836 he was made prime minister, and again in 1840; in 1852 he was banished by Louis Napoleon, but returned and lived in retirement until 1863, when he was elected member of the Representative Assembly by Paris; he was elected a member of the National Assembly, Feb. 8, 1871, after the collapse of the monarchy; and on Aug. 31 received the title of "President of the Republic". His great literary work is that comprising the "History of the French Revolution" (1823-27) and "History of the Consulate and the Empire" (1845-62). Among his other works are: "History of John Law" (1826; English translation, 1859); "On Property" (1848); "Man and Matter" (1875).
By Charles Dudley Warner
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basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).