PHILIPPE ERNEST GODET
\fɪlˈiːp ˈɜːnəst ɡˈɒdɪt], \fɪlˈiːp ˈɜːnəst ɡˈɒdɪt], \f_ɪ_l_ˈiː_p ˈɜː_n_ə_s_t ɡ_ˈɒ_d_ɪ_t]\
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A Swiss poet and historian of literature; born in Neuchatel, April 23, 1850. He was bred to the law, but abandoned it for journalism. He became instructor in literature in the Academy at Neuchatel. As a poet he pleases, without stirring any profound depths, in such volumes as "A Handful of Rhymes", "First Poems", and "Realities". In prose he wrote: "The Literary History of French Switzerland", his greatest work, which won the French Academy's Guerin prize; "Studies and Talks"; and a biography of Pierre Viret.
By Charles Dudley Warner
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