Georges Picot
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Georges Marie René Picot (Paris
, December 24, 1838 – Allevard
, Isère
, August 16, 1909) was a French
lawyer
and historian
.
Born in Paris
, son of Charles Picot (Orléans
, August 4, 1795 - Paris
, January 31, 1870) and wife Henriette Bidois (Paris
, 1799 - Paris
, November 19, 1862), his main work is Histoire des États généraux for which he twice gained the prize
of the French Academy in 1873 and 1874. In 1904, he published a biography
of Gladstone
.
He married in Saint-Bouize
on June 19, 1865 with Marie Adélaïde Marthe Bachasson de Montalivet (Paris
, October 9, 1844 - Paris
, August 2, 1914), daughter of Marthe Camille Bachasson, Count of Montalivet and a great-granddaughter of King Louis XV of France
by one of his mistresses, Catherine Eléonore Bernard (1740 - 1769), and by whom he had seven children, the third of which was the diplomat François Georges-Picot
, being the fifth, a daughter, the maternal grandmother of Valéry Giscard d'Estaing
.
He died in Allevard-les-Bains
.
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, December 24, 1838 – Allevard
Allevard
Allevard, also Allevard-les-Bains is a commune in the Isère department in south-eastern France....
, Isère
Isère
Isère is a department in the Rhône-Alpes region in the east of France named after the river Isère.- History :Isère is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790. It was created from part of the former province of Dauphiné...
, August 16, 1909) was a French
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
lawyer
Lawyer
A lawyer, according to Black's Law Dictionary, is "a person learned in the law; as an attorney, counsel or solicitor; a person who is practicing law." Law is the system of rules of conduct established by the sovereign government of a society to correct wrongs, maintain the stability of political...
and historian
Historian
A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the study of all history in time. If the individual is...
.
Born in Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, son of Charles Picot (Orléans
Orléans
-Prehistory and Roman:Cenabum was a Gallic stronghold, one of the principal towns of the Carnutes tribe where the Druids held their annual assembly. It was conquered and destroyed by Julius Caesar in 52 BC, then rebuilt under the Roman Empire...
, August 4, 1795 - Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, January 31, 1870) and wife Henriette Bidois (Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, 1799 - Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, November 19, 1862), his main work is Histoire des États généraux for which he twice gained the prize
Prize
A prize is an award to be given to a person or a group of people to recognise and reward actions or achievements. Official prizes often involve monetary rewards as well as the fame that comes with them...
of the French Academy in 1873 and 1874. In 1904, he published a biography
Biography
A biography is a detailed description or account of someone's life. More than a list of basic facts , biography also portrays the subject's experience of those events...
of Gladstone
William Ewart Gladstone
William Ewart Gladstone FRS FSS was a British Liberal statesman. In a career lasting over sixty years, he served as Prime Minister four separate times , more than any other person. Gladstone was also Britain's oldest Prime Minister, 84 years old when he resigned for the last time...
.
He married in Saint-Bouize
Saint-Bouize
Saint-Bouize is a commune in the Cher department in central France.-Population:-Sights:* Chateau Lagrange-Montalivet, 1590.* Church St. Baudel : Built in four stages, ... The base is a Romanesque church Berry "pure", consisting of two rectangles built in the twelfth century...
on June 19, 1865 with Marie Adélaïde Marthe Bachasson de Montalivet (Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, October 9, 1844 - Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, August 2, 1914), daughter of Marthe Camille Bachasson, Count of Montalivet and a great-granddaughter of King Louis XV of France
Louis XV of France
Louis XV was a Bourbon monarch who ruled as King of France and of Navarre from 1 September 1715 until his death. He succeeded his great-grandfather at the age of five, his first cousin Philippe II, Duke of Orléans, served as Regent of the kingdom until Louis's majority in 1723...
by one of his mistresses, Catherine Eléonore Bernard (1740 - 1769), and by whom he had seven children, the third of which was the diplomat François Georges-Picot
François Georges-Picot
François Marie Denis Georges-Picot , son of historian Georges Picot and grand-uncle of Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, was a French diplomat who signed the Sykes-Picot Agreement during World War I, with the Englishman, Sir Mark Sykes, dividing up the Ottoman Empire into British, French and, later,...
, being the fifth, a daughter, the maternal grandmother of Valéry Giscard d'Estaing
Valéry Giscard d'Estaing
Valéry Marie René Georges Giscard d'Estaing is a French centre-right politician who was President of the French Republic from 1974 until 1981...
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He died in Allevard-les-Bains
Allevard
Allevard, also Allevard-les-Bains is a commune in the Isère department in south-eastern France....
.
Works
- Histoire des États généraux: considérés au point de vue de leur influence sur le gouvernement de la France de 1355 à 1614. – Paris, 1872 (4 Bände) – online: Band 1, Band 2, Band 3, Band 4 (2. überarbeitete und erweiterte Auflage in fünf Bänden. Paris : Hachette, 1888)
- Socialisme et devoir social. – Paris : A. Picard, 1890
- L’Usage de la liberté. – Paris, 1893
- La Lutte contre le socialisme révolutionnaire. – Paris: A. Colin, 1895 Document électronique
- Notice historique sur la vie et les travaux de Jules SimonJules SimonJules François Simon was a French statesman and philosopher, and one of the leader of the Opportunist Republicans faction.-Biography:Simon was born at Lorient. His father was a linen-draper from Lorraine, who renounced Protestantism before his second marriage with a Catholic Breton. Jules Simon...
: lue dans la séance publique annuelle de l’Académie des sciences morales et politiques du 5 décembre 1896. – Paris: Firmin Didot, 1896 Document électronique - Barthélemy Saint-HilaireJules Barthélemy-Saint-HilaireJules Barthélemy-Saint-Hilaire was a French philosopher, journalist, statesman, and possible illegitimate son of Napoleon I of France.- Biography :...
: notice historique. – Paris: Hachette, 1899 Document électronique - GladstoneWilliam Ewart GladstoneWilliam Ewart Gladstone FRS FSS was a British Liberal statesman. In a career lasting over sixty years, he served as Prime Minister four separate times , more than any other person. Gladstone was also Britain's oldest Prime Minister, 84 years old when he resigned for the last time...
. – Paris, 1904