File:Portrait_Jules_Grévy_(cropped)(3).jpg · Wikimedia Commons · See Wikimedia Commons
Jules Grévy
Sign in to saveAlso known as François Paul Jules Grévy
French statesman and lawyer (1807–1891)
OverviewAI-generated
Jules Grévy was a French statesperson, lawyer, and politician who served as President of the French Republic. He was a member of the French National Assembly and the Republican Left political party. His professional roles also included serving as a bâtonnier and an official. He was educated at the Paris Law Faculty and worked in Paris.
Born in Mont-sous-Vaudrey in 1807, Grévy died in the same location in 1891 due to engorgement, with natural causes recorded as the manner of death. He was a candidate in the 1873 French presidential election. He received the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour and the Royal Order of the Seraphim. He is recognized in the French Presidents collection. His child was Daniel Wilson.
Synthesized by Vinony from 23 facts across 2 sources: Wikidata, Vinony collections. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Jules
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Mont-sous-Vaudrey
- Place of death
- Mont-sous-Vaudrey
- Child
- Daniel Wilson
- Occupation
- lawyer
- Educated at
- Paris Law Faculty
- Political party
- Republican Left
- Languages spoken
- French
- Native language
- French
- Image
- Portrait Jules Grévy.jpg
- Work location
- Paris
Show 8 more facts
- Commons category
- Jules Grévy
- date of birth
- 1807-08-15
- date of death
- 1891-09-09
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- Commons gallery
- Jules Grévy
- name in native language
- Jules Grévy
- cause of death
- engorgement
- manner of death
- natural causes
via Wikidata · CC0
~10 min read
Encyclopedic overview
François Judith Paul Grévy (15 August 1807 – 9 September 1891), known as Jules Grévy ( French: [ʒyl ɡʁevi]), was a French lawyer and politician who served as President of France from 1879 to 1887. He was a leader of the Moderate Republicans, and given that his predecessors were monarchists who tried without success to restore the French monarchy, Grévy is considered the first real republican president of France. During Grévy's presidency from 1879 to 1887, according to David Bell, there was a disunity among his cabinets. Only one survived more than a year. Grévy paid attention chiefly to defense, internal order, and foreign relations. Critics argue that Grévy's confusing approach to appointments set a bad precedent for handling crises.
Born in a small town in the Jura department, Grévy moved to Paris where he initially followed a career in law before becoming a republican activist. He began his political career after the French Revolution of 1848, as a member of the National Assembly of the French Second Republic, where he became known for his opposition to Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte and as a supporter of lesser authority for the executive branch. During the 1851 coup d'état by Louis-Napoléon he was briefly imprisoned, and afterwards retired from political life.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Jules Grévy” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.