LOUIS JOSEPH ALVIN
\lˈuːi d͡ʒˈə͡ʊsəf ˈalvɪn], \lˈuːi dʒˈəʊsəf ˈalvɪn], \l_ˈuː_i dʒ_ˈəʊ_s_ə_f ˈa_l_v_ɪ_n]\
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A Belgian poet and art critic (1806-87); became secretary (1830), then chief, of a department in the ministry of public instruction, member of the Belgian Academy in 1845, and chief librarian of the royal library in Brussels in 1850. Among his works are: "Sardanapalus", a tragedy (1834); "The Anonymous Pamphleteer", a comedy (1835); "Re-Contemplations" (1856), a satirical imitation of the romantic style.
By Charles Dudley Warner
