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A French architect and historian of art; born at Paris, Jan. 27, 1814; died Sept. 17, 1879. He made special and profound study of mediaeval architecture in Italy and Southern France; and became professor in the Ecole des Beaux Arts, 1863. His great work is "Dictionary of French Architecture from the 11th to the 16th Century" (10 vols., 1854-69). His other chief works are: "Essay on the Military Architecture of the Middle Ages" (1854); "Dictionary of French House Furniture from the Carlovingian Epoch to the Renaissance" (6 vols., 1854-75); "Discourses on Architecture" (2 vols., 1858-72); "Chapels of Notre Dame de Paris" (1867-69); "Memoir on the Defense of Paris" (1872); "History of a House", "History of a Fortress", "History of Human Dwelling Places", "History of a City Mansion and of a Cathedral" (4 vols., 1873-78).