Paul-Louis Courier

Paul-Louis Courier (born Jan. 4, 1772, Paris—died April 10, 1825, Véretz, Fr.) was a French classical scholar and pamphleteer, remembered for his brilliant style and antimonarchist writings following the Second Restoration of the Bourbons after the defeat of Napoleon (1815). Courier joined the army in 1792 and had a successful career in the artillery, though he was ill-suited to military discipline. In 1798 he joined the army in Italy. After a long illness, he returned...