Hippolyte Adolphe (Hippolyte) Taine
1828–93
French philosopher, critic, and historian. Educated at the Collège Bourbon, Paris, 1841–8, and the École normale supérieure, 1848–51. Elected to the Académie française, 1878. Best-known for his History of English literature (1863–4), Notes on England (1872), and Origins of contemporary France (1875–93).
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Bibliography
ODNB: Oxford dictionary of national biography: from the earliest times to the year 2000. (Revised edition.) Edited by H. C. G. Matthew and Brian Harrison. 60 vols. and index. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2004.
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