Aimé Martin

Louis-Aimé Martin (17 April 1782 – 22 July 1847) was a French writer.

Biography

Aimé Martin was born in Lyon, he abandoned the study of law to give himself up to his taste for letters. In 1809, he went to Paris in spite of his family objections, where he became the pupil and friend of Bernardin de St. Pierre: he collected his works and married his widow Désirée de Pelleporc in 1822.

He was appointed professor of history and belles-lettres at the Atheneum, then became professor of belles-lettres, history and morals at the École polytechnique, secretary-editor of the Chamber of Deputies in 1815, and finally curator of the Sainte-Geneviève Library.

Martin's Letters to Sophie on physics, chemistry and natural history were highly popular.

See also

• Synod of Mâcon

Major publications

• Étrennes à la jeunesse (Paris, 1809–1812)
• Lettres à Sophie sur la physique, la chimie et l'histoire naturelle (1811)
• Raymond (1812)
• Essai sur la vie et les ouvrages de Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, dans lequel il défend sa mémoire avec un culte religieux (1820)
• De l'éducation des mères de famille ou De la civilisation du genre humain par les femmes (1834; 2 volumes)
• Guide pittoresque de l'étranger à Paris (1834)
• Plan d'une bibliothèque universelle, remarquable introduction du Panthéon littéraire (1837)
• Caligula, tragédie en cinq actes (183S)
• Le Livre du cœur ou Entretiens des sages de tous les temps sur l'amitié (in-32)
• La Gageure, comédie en un acte et en vers (1838)

References

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: 

External links

• Works by Aimé Martin at Gallica