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Guizot

American  
[gee-zoh] / giˈzoʊ /

noun

  1. François Pierre Guillaume 1787–1874, French historian and statesman.


Guizot British  
/ ɡizo /

noun

  1. François Pierre Guillaume (frɑ̃swa pjɛr ɡijom). 1787–1874, French statesman and historian. As chief minister (1840–48), his reactionary policies contributed to the outbreak of the revolution of 1848

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Prime Minister Guizot himself subscribed to the Opposition newspaper that ran The Three Musketeers, sending in his subscription with the note: "Please cancel . . . the moment the Dumas serial is concluded."

From Time Magazine Archive

The Martignac administration restored Guizot in 1828 to his professor’s chair and to the council of state.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" by Various

M. Guizot has devoted two chapters to this subject.

From History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 2 of 2) by William Edward Hartpole Lecky

These works recommended him to the notice of M. de Fontanes, then grand-master of the university of France, who selected Guizot for the chair of modern history at the Sorbonne in 1812.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" by Various

Gibbon, Grote, Giesebrecht, Guizot stand to-day by reason of other virtues than their truth.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" by Various

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