Émile Keller

Émile Keller (Belfort, 1828 – 1909) was a French writer and politician.

Émile Keller
Born8 October 1828 
Belfort 
Died20 February 1909  (aged 80)
OccupationWriter, politician

Biography

In 1857 he was elected as a deputy for the Haut-Rhin district to the French Assembly. He soon made himself prominent as a leader of the Roman Catholic Party. He lost his seat in 1863, but was reelected in 1869. He was commander of a company of volunteers during the Franco-Prussian War. After the war, he again joined the Assembly as Haut-Rhin representative in 1871. He made a stirring speech against the cession of Alsace-Lorraine to Germany. When the treaty was signed, he left the Assembly with other Alsatians, but was back as representative for Belfort in 1876, and again in 1885.

Works
  • Histoire de France (1888)
  • L'Encyclique et les libertés de l'église gallicane (1860)
  • L'Encyclique et les principes de 1789 (1865)
  • Le générale de Lamoricière (1873)
  • Les congregations religeuses en France (1880)

These works are written from the Catholic point of view and, for this reason, they were long read and popular in Catholic circles.

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    References
    • This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Rines, George Edwin, ed. (1920). "Keller, Emile" . Encyclopedia Americana.
    • This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Gilman, D. C.; Peck, H. T.; Colby, F. M., eds. (1905). "Keller, Emile" . New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead.
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