TAXILE DELORD
\tˈaksa͡ɪl dɪlˈɔːd], \tˈaksaɪl dɪlˈɔːd], \t_ˈa_k_s_aɪ_l d_ɪ_l_ˈɔː_d]\
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A French historian, journalist, and topical prose-writer; born in Avignon, Nov. 25, 1815; died in Paris, May 16, 1877. He was successful politically, and edited important Parisian journals, his permanent work being contained in "Physiology of the Parisian Woman" (1841); "History of the Second Empire" (1868-75); and "Literary Mornings" (1860).
By Charles Dudley Warner
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