Republican deputy and journalist who opposed Bonaparte
Born at Hagetmau in 1815, he studied at Heidelberg. In 1840 he became history teacher at the royal college of Algiers, and in 1845 he denounced the brutality of the Kabylie expedition. Editor of La Revue indépendante from 1847, in 1848 he founded Le Peuple constituant with Lamennais. Elected for the Landes, he sat on the far left of the Constituent Assembly but acted independently; it was he who moved the state of siege during the June Days. In the Legislative Assembly he opposed the president, the law of 31 May 1850 and the press restrictions. Arrested for protesting the coup of December 1851 and banished, he lived in exile in Belgium, Switzerland and Italy, teaching international law at Lausanne. He became minister plenipotentiary at Athens in 1871 and died at sea in 1885.
Also known as: Pierre Pascal Duprat
Activities and affiliations
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1840–1845
France state institutionsHistory teacher, royal college of Algiers
Education -
1848–1851
France state institutionsRepresentative in the Constituent and Legislative AssembliesMain
Legislature and state representation -
1871
France state institutionsMinister plenipotentiary at Athens
Diplomacy and international organization
Career Timeline
- 1840History teacher at the royal college of Algiers
- 1847Editor of La Revue indépendante
- 1848–1851Representative for the Landes
- 1851Arrested for opposing the coup; banished
- 1871Minister plenipotentiary at Athens