Émile de Girardin
Émile de Girardin | |
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Photograph of Girardin (1876) | |
| Member of the Chamber of Deputies for Seine | |
| In office 7 November 1877 – 27 April 1881 | |
| Preceded by | Jules Simon |
| Succeeded by | Severiano de Heredia |
| Constituency | Paris (9th) |
| Member of the Chamber of Deputies for Bas-Rhin | |
| In office 1850 – 2 December 1851 | |
| Preceded by | Gustave Goldenberg |
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
| Constituency | Molsheim |
| Member of the Chamber of Deputies for Tarn-et-Garonne | |
| In office 10 July 1842 – 16 July 1846 | |
| Preceded by | Bertrand Faure-d'Ère |
| Succeeded by | Jean-Pierre Bourjade |
| Constituency | Castelsarrasin |
| Member of the Chamber of Deputies for Creuse | |
| In office 17 August 1846 – 24 February 1848 | |
| Preceded by | Louis-Jean-Henry Aubusson de Soubrebost |
| Succeeded by | Joseph-Edmond Fayolle |
| Constituency | Bourganeuf |
| In office 22 June 1834 – 9 July 1842 | |
| Preceded by | Adolphe Bourgeois |
| Succeeded by | Antoine Regnauld |
| Constituency | Genouillac |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 22 June 1802 Paris, Seine, France |
| Died | 27 April 1881 (aged 78) Paris, Seine, France |
| Political party | Resistance Party (1834–1842) Movement Party (1842–1848) Moderate (1850–1851) Left Republican (1877–1881) |
| Spouses | Wilhelmine Brunold, Gräfin von Tiefenbach
(m. 1856; div. 1872) |
| Profession | Journalist, writer, publisher |
Émile de Girardin (French pronunciation: [emil də ʒiʁaʁdɛ̃]; 22 June 1802 – 27 April 1881) was a French journalist, publisher and politician. He was the most successful and flamboyant French journalist of the era, presenting himself as a promoter of mass education through mass journalism. His magazines reached over a hundred thousand subscribers, and his inexpensive daily newspaper La Presse undersold the competition by half, thanks to its cheaper production and heavier advertising. Like most prominent journalists, Girardin was deeply involved in politics, and served in parliament. To his bitter disappointment, he never held high office. He was a brilliant polemicist, a master of controversy, with pungent short sentences that immediately caught the reader's attention.