26 September 2015

Paris 2015: Régis Allier, Cimetière d'Auteuil #1


Régis Allier (1802–78) was born in Valence and moved to Paris, where he was concerned with both literature and social problems. He wrote poems, plays, short stories, etc. His most noted work seems to be Études sur le systeme penitentiaire et les societes de patronage (1842). Ary Scheffer painted his portrait in 1848.

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