Claude Fauriel

Claude Fauriel (born Oct. 21, 1772, Saint-Étienne, Fr.—died July 15, 1844, Paris) was a French scholar and writer who, through his interest in foreign literatures and cultures, contributed to the development of the study of comparative literature and to the revival of literary-historical studies. He was educated at the Oratorian colleges of Tournon and Lyons, but, during the French Revolution, his political sympathies were with the Republicans. Fauriel served in the army and in 1799...