Ancelot

Ancelot, JACQUES-ARSENE-POLYCARPE-FRANCOIS, a French dramatic poet, was born at Havre, February 9, 1794. His first success was the tragedy of Louis LX. (1819), which procured him the post of librarian at the Arsenal, and a pension from the king. In 1826 he accompanied Marshal Marmont to St Petersburg, and published next year his Six Mois en Russie, part in verse, and the novel, L'Homme du Monde. After the revolution of July had deprived him of his place and pension, he brought out upon the stage a succession of little comedies and vaudevilles, most of which had but little merit. His tragedy Maria Padilla opened to him, in 1841, the doors of the French Academy. Shortly after appeared his Épitres Familières, distinguished by point and elegance. He died 7th September 1854.