Champfleury

Champfleury, the assumed name of JULES FLEURY-HUSSON, French author, born at Laon 10th September 1821, achieved some distinction as a realistic writer of plays and romances. Works of greater value, however, are those on the history of caricature, of literature, and of art from 1825 to 1840, and his Bibliographie Céramique (1882). He died director of the potteries at Sèvres, 7th December 1889.