Faguet, Emile

Faguet was born at La Roche-sur-Yon, Vendee, and educated at the Ecole normale superieure in Paris. After teaching for some time in La Rochelle and Bordeaux, he returned to Paris to act as assistant professor of poetry in the university. He became professor in 1897. He was elected to the Academie francaise in 1900, and received the ribbon of the Legion d'honneur in the next year. He acted as dramatic critic to the Soleil; from 1892 he was literary critic to the Revue Bleue; and in 1896 took the place of Jules Lemaitre on the Journal des debats. He died in Paris, aged 68.