Émile-Joseph Lauvrière (3 December 1866, in

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– 1954, in Paris) was a French historian of

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. Emile Lauvrière started his studies in

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and completed them in

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. A doctor in Literature specializing in the English domain, he wrote a dissertation on

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, entitled ''Edgar Poe, un génie morbide'' later published under the title ''Edgar Poe, sa vie et son œuvre ; étude de psychologie pathologique'' (Paris: Alcan, 1904). He then wrote a biography of

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, before embarking on a course of study similar of

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's versification. Upon studying ''

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'',

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's poem which follows an Acadian girl during the time of the

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. Lauvrière discovered, on this occasion, the history of the

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, and reoriented his scholarly interest. This new research subject led him to publish ''La Tragédie d'un peuple; histoire du peuple acadien de ses origines à nos jours'' (Paris: Bossard, 1922). Lauvrière was to spend the next three decades studying Acadian history, but he would go beyond academic research by founding the ''Comité France-Acadie'' dedicated to providing grants to Acadians wishing to complete their studies in France, as well as sending French-language books to Acadia.

Publications

* ''Alfred de Vigny ; sa vie et son œuvre'', Paris A. Colin, 1909. * ''Repetition and parallelism in Tennyson'', Londres, H. Frowde ; Oxford university press, 1910. * ''La Tragédie d'un peuple histoire du peuple acadien de ses origines à nos jours'', Paris, Bossard, 1922. * ''Deux Traîtres d'Acadie et leur victime : les Latour père et fils et Charles d'Aulnaie'', Montréal, Granger frères, 1932. * ''Histoire de la Louisiane française, 1673-1939'', Paris, Librairie Orientale et Américaine, 1940. * ''Brève Histoire tragique du peuple acadien : son martyr et sa résurrection'', Paris, A. Maisonneuve, 1947. * ''Autobiographie'', Memramcook, Université Saint-Joseph, 1952. {{DEFAULTSORT:Lauvriere, Emile 20th-century French historians Acadian history People from Manche 1866 births 1954 deaths French male non-fiction writers