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René Doumic

René Doumic

René Doumic was a French literary critic and educator who taught rhetoric at the Collège Stanislas de Paris during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

Lived
1860–1937
Nationality
French
Language
English

René Doumic was a French literary critic, educator, and man of letters who spent his life and career in Paris. Born in the French capital in 1860, he pursued his higher education at the prestigious École Normale, where he achieved a highly distinguished academic record.

Following his successful university career, Doumic transitioned into teaching, taking up a position as a professor of rhetoric at the Collège Stanislas de Paris. Throughout his career, he was recognized for his contributions to French letters and literary criticism, maintaining his academic and intellectual pursuits until his death in late 1937.