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Jean Marie Napoléon Désiré Nisard (1806–1888)
Nisard, Jean Marie Napoléon Désiré (nē-sär’). A French man of letters; born at Châtillon-sur-Seine, March 20, 1806; died at San Remo, Italy, March 15, 1888. He was noted as a critic, and also for his ‘Studies of Morals and Criticism on the Latin Poets during the Decline of Learning’ (1834), and ‘History of French Literature’ (1844–61).