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Adolphe Thiers, (born April 18, 1797, Marseille—died Sept. 3, 1877, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, near Paris), French statesman, journalist, and historian, a founder and the first president (1871–73) of the Third Republic.

Adolphe Thiers, né le 15 avril 1797 ( 26 germinal an V) à Marseille et mort le 3 septembre 1877 à Saint-Germain-en-Laye, est un avocat, journaliste, historien et homme d'État français . Arrivé à Paris à 24 ans, ambitieux et sans fortune — il aurait servi de modèle à Balzac pour le personnage de Rastignac —, journaliste ...

By May 16, the column was reduced to rubble before an enthusiastic crowd. Another target was the Paris residence of Adolphe Thiers, leader of the Third Republic.

For the full article, see Adolphe Thiers . Adolphe Thiers, (born April 18, 1797, Marseille, France—died Sept. 3, 1877, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, near Paris), French politician and historian. He went to Paris in 1821 as a journalist and cofounded the opposition newspaper National in 1830.

Adolphe Thiers was formally elected the first President of the French Third Republic on August 30, 1871. He was replaced by the more conservative Patrice MacMahon in 1873. In his final years, Thiers became an ally of the republicans against the constitutional monarchists in the Assembly.

Biographie courte de Adolphe Thiers - Adolphe Thiers est le premier président français de la Troisième République. Après quelques années de droit à Aix-en-Provence, il s’installe en 1821 à Paris et fréquente les milieux politiques. Il devient alors proche de Charles-Maurice Talleyrand.