Adolphe Regnier, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Adolphe Regnier

Date of Birth: 07-Jul-1804

Place of Birth: Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Date of Death: 20-Oct-1884

Profession: librarian, translator, literary historian

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Cancer


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About Adolphe Regnier

  • Adolphe or Jacques-Auguste-Adolphe Regnier (7 July 1804, Mainz - 20 October 1884, Fontainebleau) was a French philologist.
  • He is most notable as a professor at the collège de France (1804 – 1884) and for his numerous translations of the poems and plays of the German author Friedrich Schiller.He was also preceptor to Prince Philippe, Count of Paris (1843-1853), a member of the AcadĂ©mie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres and director of the "Collection des grands Ă©crivains de la France".
  • In 1873 he was appointed librarian of the Palace of Fontainebleau, where he died eleven years later.
  • His son Adolphe Regnier (1834-1875) was also a librarian and scholar.

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