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Baron Brisse
Ildéfonse-Léon Brisse (20 September 1807 – 1 June 1876), known as Baron Brisse, was a French gourmet and journalist. He has been described in a biographical sketch as one of the founders of culinary journalism, being to the Second French Empire what Grimod de La Reynière was to the First. Life and career Ildéfonse-Léon Brisse was born in Gémenos, near Marseille, on 20 September 1803. He entered the public service in the Department of Water and Forestry under Louis-Philippe I but left after the 1848 revolution. He turned to journalism, specialising in articles on gastronomy. He was initially a freelancer at the for a small salary that forced him to eat in the cheap restaurants of the Boulevard des Batignolles. In 1864 he founded a gastronomic journal, , but it was a not a success and quickly folded. Success came with the collaboration with Émile de Girardin who offered him a daily column in his newspaper , which he had bought in 1866. Brisse wrote a daily gastronomic chron ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Baron is a rank of nobility or title of honour, often Hereditary title, hereditary, in various European countries, either current or historical. The female equivalent is baroness. Typically, the title denotes an aristocrat who ranks higher than a lord or knight, but lower than a viscount or count. Often, barons hold their fief – their lands and income – directly from the monarch. Barons are less often the vassals of other nobles. In many kingdoms, they were entitled to wear a smaller form of a crown called a ''coronet''. The term originates from the Late Latin, Latin term , via Old French. The use of the title ''baron'' came to England via the Norman Conquest of 1066, then the Normans brought the title to Scotland and Southern Italy. It later spread to Scandinavian and Slavic lands. Etymology The word '':wikt:baron, baron'' comes from the Old French , from a Late Latin "man; servant, soldier, mercenary" (so used in Salic law; Alemannic law has in the same sense). The sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
