Garnier-Pages, ETIENNE JOSEPH LOUIS

Garnier-Pages, ETIENNE JOSEPH LOUIS, was born at Marseilles, 27th December 1801, and practised there as an advocate, but at Paris in 1830 took a conspicuous part in the July revolution, and in 1831 became a prominent member of the Chamber. He died 23d June 1841.—His half-brother, LOUIS ANTOINE, born 16th July 1803, also shared in the July revolution, and succeeded his brother in the Chamber, leading the extreme Left. He became in 1848 mayor of Paris and finance-minister of the provisional government; was a republican member of the Corps Legislatif in 1864; and was a member of the provisional government of 1871. He died in Paris, 31st October 1878. He wrote the Histoire de la Revolution de 1848 (1861–62), and L'Opposition et l'Empire (1872).