1910–1911
Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
EMERIC - DAVID, TOUSSAINT - BERNARD (1755-1839), French archaeologist and writer on art, was born at Aix, in Provence, on the 2oth of August 1755. He was destined for the legal profession, and having gone in 1775 to Paris to complete his legal education, he acquired there a taste for art which influenced his whole future career, and he went to Italy, where he continued his art studies. He soon returned, however, to his native village, and followed for some time the profession of an advocate; but in 1787 he succeede…
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