IT AUSSMANN, GEORGES Euck.NE. Baron; b. Paris, 1809; educated at the con servatory of music, and became an advocate. After the revolution of 1830 he was sue cessivelY pritfet of Nerac, Saint-Girons. and Nave, and under the presidency of Louis Napoleon, was prilf3t of Var, the Yonne, and Gironde. Ile was appointed prefet of the Seine in his dirdction Paris was almost 'rendered a new city. Among his works were the improvement of the Bois de Boulogne, the prolon• gation of the Hue de Hivoli, the construction of the boulevard de Sebastopol, and of more than 20 boulevards in the old parts of Paris, various public gardens, squares, bar racks, the halles the new prefectures of police, more than a dozen bridges, and the rebuilding of various mairies, in addition to numerous hospitals, asylums (especially the Hotel Dieu). After several loans had been contracted for the purpose of carrying out these improvements, the municipality of Paris, acting under the powers conferred upon them by special laws, raised a further sum of 250,000,000 francs in 1865, and 260,000,000 in 1869. On the formation of a parliamentary cabinet by M, Emile Olivier, Haussmann
was asked to resign his office, and on his refusal was " relieved" by an imperial decree, dated Jan. 5, 1870. He received the decoration of grand officer of the legion of honor, 1836, and grand cross, 180. In 1857 he was created a senator, and elected a member of the academy of fine arts. He was likewise a member of the imperial council of public instruction. After the fall of the empire he quitted France for a time. On his return he was appointed director of the Credit Mobilier, and in this capacity he did much to restore the influence and improve the situation of that financial institution. At the election of Oct., 1877, he was returned to the chamber of deputies by the arrondissement of Ajaccio in Corsica, his candidature having received the official approbation of the government.