Albert was the name by which Alexandre Martin (born 1815), socialist, was commonly known. He was conspicuous in the 1848 Revolution, an associate of Louis Blanc (q.v.), promoted the Ateliers Nationaux (q.v.), was a member of the provisional government, and for joining in an emeute was next imprisoned, and last heard of as a Communist during the siege of Paris in 1870.
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 1: A to Beaufort, p. 125
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