FRANC, frank, Martin Le, French author: b. Normandy 1410; d. 1461. As secretary to the Duke of Savoy who became Pope Felix V he secured several prominent appointments, notably that of secretary to Nicholas V. His chief works,
FRANcAIS, Courrr Antoine, French poli tician and author: b. Beaurepaire, Isere, 1756; d. Paris, 7 March 1836. He was elected as representative for the Department of Loire Inferieure to the Legislative Assembly in 1791, and became notorious for his violent attacks on the priesthood and the farmers-general but did not gain re-election to the Convention. As a Girondist, he fled for safety to the mountains during the Reign of Terror. He was a member and one of the secretaries of the Council of Five Hundred in 1798; became prefect of Charente-Inferieure; member of the Council of State; in 1804 Director-General of Indirect Taxes ; was created count and grand officer of the Legion of Honor, and finally peer of France.
His published works include
manuscrit de feu M. Jerome' (1825) •
FRANcAIS, f Francois Louis, French painter: b. Plombieres, department of Vosges, 17 Nov. 1814; d. 1897. He was a pupil of Corot and Gigoux at the Beaux Arts, first exhibited at the Salon in 1837, obtained a medal of the first class at the Salon of 1848, and was admitted a member of the Institute in 1890. He became best known as a landscapist, par ticularly for his views of the Paris environs and glimpses of the Seine. His finest work, and Chloe,' is in the Luxembourg, together with three other canvases, (Evening,' and End of Winter.' His style is peculiarly individual in its combination of realism and idealism.