Crémieux, ISAAC ADOLPHE

Crémieux, ISAAC ADOLPHE, jurist and politician, was born of Jewish parents at Nîmes, 30th April 1796, and became an advocate in Paris in 1830. In 1842 he entered the Chamber, and in 1848 was a member of the provisional government. Imprisoned at the coup d'état, he subsequently confined himself to professional work, till 1870, when he was a member of the government of national defence. He was made a senator in 1876, and died 10th February 1880. He was the founder of the Alliance Israélite Universelle.