RENE GASPARD ERNEST TAILLANDIER
\ɹɪnˈɛ ɡˈaspəd ˈɜːnəst tˈe͡ɪləndɪə], \ɹɪnˈɛ ɡˈaspəd ˈɜːnəst tˈeɪləndɪə], \ɹ_ɪ_n_ˈɛ ɡ_ˈa_s_p_ə_d ˈɜː_n_ə_s_t t_ˈeɪ_l_ə_n_d_ɪ__ə]\
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usually styled Saint-Rene Taillandier. A French historian and biographer; born at Paris, Dec. 16, 1817; died there, Feb. 24, 1879. He was appointed professor of French poetry in the Sorbonne, 1863. Among his works are: "Scotus Erigena and the Scholastic Philosophy" (1843); "Studies on the Revolution in Germany" (1853); "The Countess of Albany" (1862); "Maurice de Saxe" (1865); "Ten Years of the History of Germany" (1875); "King Leopold and Queen Victoria" (1878); "Servia in the 19th Century".
By Charles Dudley Warner
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