Ampère, JEAN JACQUES ANTOINE

Ampère, JEAN JACQUES ANTOINE, son of the preceding, was born at Lyons, August 12, 1800. After laying the groundwork of his comprehensive studies in Paris, he proceeded to Italy, Germany, and Scandinavia. After his return, he lectured on the history of literature at Marseilles; but, after the July revolution (1830), succeeded Andrieux as professor in the Collège de France. He was elected to the Academy in 1847; and died March 27, 1864. Ampère was deeply read in German literature; his learning was marvellously wide, and his valuable writings upon China, Persia, India, Egypt, Nubia, and his Levantine voyages, proved that the far East itself was embraced within the circle of his studies. Many of his magazine articles have been collected under the title Littérature et Voyages (1833). His chief works are: Histoire Littéraire de la France avant le XII^e. Siècle (1840); Histoire de la Littérature Française au Moyen Âge (1841); Histoire de la Formation de la Langue Française (1841); La Grèce, Rome et Dante (1848); and La Science et les Lettres en Orient (1865). Deep research and judicious criticism, expressed in a clear and classical style, distinguish his various compositions.