FAZY, faze (Jean) James, Swiss states man: b. Geneva 1794; d. 1878. He received his education at the University of Paris and de voted himself to a close study of political econ omy. In 1820 he opposed the restoration of the Bourbons, returned to Geneva in 1826 and founded Le Journal de Geneve. Within a few years he was again in Paris engaged in journal ism. He protested against the ordinance limit ing the freedom of the press, took part in the July revolution and advocated the setting up of a republic. His radical views coupled with his opposition to the Due d'Orleans resulted in his imprisonment. In 1833 he returned to Geneva, founded the Revue de Geneve in which he violently opposed the Conservatives and materi ally aided in their overthrow in 1846. For the ensuing 18 years he was the most prominent political figure in the Canton de Geneve and in 1848 was one of the framers of the Federal constitution. In the late sixties he became professor of international law at the University of Geneva. He published 'L'honune aux portions: Conversations politiques et philoso phiques) (1821) • 'Principes d'organisation in dustrielle) (1830) ; Histoire de Geneve) (1840) ; (De l'intelligence collective des societes) (1874). Consult Fazy, H., 'James Fazy, sa vie et son ceuvre) (Geneva 1887).
FEA, fe, Allan, English historical writer: b. 25 May 1860. He was employed in the Bank
of England 1880-1900, and is the author of 'The Flight of the King' ; 'Secret Chambers and Hiding Places' ; 'King Monmouth); 'Nooks and Corners of Old England); 'James II and His Wives' ; 'Quiet Roads and Sleepy Villages,' etc.
FEA, fa'a, Carlo, Italian archeologist: b. Pigna, Piedmont, 2 Feb. 1753; d. Rome, 18 March 1836. He received the degree of doctor of laws from the University of La Sapienza, but afterward became absorbed in archeological studies and in order to obtain better facilities for their prosecution he took sacred orders in 1798. In the following year he was imprisoned by the Neapolitans as a Jacobin, but was soon afterward liberated and made Commissario delle Antichita and librarian to Prince Chigi. He revised, with notes, an Italian translation of Winckelmann's 'Geschichte der Kunst' and wrote 'Miscellanea filologico-critica ed anti quaria' (1790-1837) ; 'L'integrita del Panteone rivendicata a M. Agrippa) (1807-20); Relazione d'un viaggio ad Ostia ed alla villa di Plinio' (1802) ; statua di Pompeio Magno del palazzo Spada' (1812) • 'Iscrizioni di.monu menti publici' (1813); di Roma) (1822) and 'Frammenti di Fasti Consolari.'