Amable Guillaume Prosper Brugière, baron de Barante

1782 - 1866

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country of citizenship: France

native language: French

languages spoken, written or signed: French

educated at: École polytechnique

occupation: politician, historian, diplomat, writer, official

award received: Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour

position held: député du Puy-de-Dôme, ambassador of France to Denmark, Member of the Chamber of Peers, president, general secretary of the French ministry of Interior, seat 33 of the Académie française, sub-prefect of Bressuire, Prefect of Loire-Atlantique, Prefect of Vendée

Amable Guillaume Prosper Brugière, baron de Barante (June 10, 1782 – November 22, 1866) was a French statesman and historian. Associated with the center-left, he was described in France as the first man to call himself, "without any embarrassment or restriction, a Liberal." Source: Wikipedia (en)