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Mehring, Franz (1846-1919). German Socialist historian and pamphleteer. Helped or·
ganize the German COlmnunist party.
Meilhac, Henri (1831-1897). French playwright. Collaborated with Ludovic Halevy on
many light operas and comedies, including Fr01ifi·ou (1869) and Loulou (1876).
Meissonier,Jean (1815-1891). Painter known for small genre paintings, often of military
subjects, done with great delicacy.
Melies, Georges (1861-1938). Professional magician and popular pioneer filmmaker.
Director of Le Voyage dans la lune (1902) and other fantasies.
Memoires du diable. Serial novel by Frederic Soulie, published 1837-1838.
Mendes, Carolle (1841-1909). Founder of La RevueJimtaisiste (1859) and editor of La
Parnasse contem/Joraine (1866-1876). Friend of Baudelaire and Gautier.
Menilmontant. See Enfantin, Barthelemy-Prosper.
Mephis. Novel by Flora Tristan, published 1838.
Merezhkovski, Dmitri (1865-1941). Russian writer, settled in Paris in 1917. Author of
critical studies, historical novels, biographies, and plays.
Meryon, Charles (1821-1868). French etcher and engraver. Friend of Baudelaire.
Metternich, Prince Klemens von (1773-1859). Austrian statesman; created prince of the
Austrian Empire in 1813. Largely responsible for the reactionary policy adopted by
governments of Europe from 1815 to 1830.
Meyerbeer. Pseudonym of Jakob Beer (1791-1864), opera composer. Born in Berlin, he
settled 1826 in Paris, where he composed in the French style.
Michel, Louise (1830-1905). French anareltist agitator. Participated in the Paris Commune
(1871), and was deported to New Caledonia; returned after anmesty (1880) and
resumed agitation. Sentenced to six years' imprisonment (1883); refused a pardon, out
of solida.rity with her comrades. Author of La Commune (1898). Photographed by
Nadar.
Michelet, Jules (1798-1874). Historian and professor at the College de France 1838-
1851. Democratic, anticlerical, anti-Semitic. Author of Histoire de France (1833-1867),
Hislaire de la Revolutionfi·an,aise (1847-1853), La Bible de I'humanite (1864), and other
works.
Mignet, Franois (1796-1884). Historian. Edited, with Adolphe Thiers, the anti·Bourbon
journal Le National (1830). Author of Hisloire de la Rivolutionfinn,aise (1824).
Mirabeau, Victor Riqueti, marquis de (1715-1789). Soldier and economist, associated
with the physiocrats. Author of L'Ami des hommes, au Traite sur la pojmlation (1756).
Mirabeau, Honore, comte de (1749-1791). Orator who became the most important
figure of the first two years of the French Revolution. Son of Victor de Mirabeau.
Mirbeau, Oetave (1850-1917). Radicaljournalist and novelist who attacked all forms of
social organization. A founder of the satirical weekly Grimaces (1882).
Mireeourt, Eugene Oaequot) de (1812-1880). French joumalist. AutllOr of a series of
biographical sketches which led to his forced departure from Paris.
Mires, Jules-Isaac (1809-1871). French financier; backer of railroads and newspapers.
Photographed by Nadar. Convicted of fraud in 1861, he eventually won acquittal on
appeal, but his reputation was luined.
Misopogon. Fourth-century satire by Emperor Flavius ClaudiusJulianus.
Mistral, Frederic (1830-1914). Leader of the Provel1l;al cultural renaissance known as
the Felibrige. Author of an epic poem, Mid:io (1859), written in Provenal and French
and dealing with the lovelorn daughter of a wealthy farmer. Awarded the Nobel Prize
for literature in 1904.
Moabit. District of Berlin, northwest of the Tiergarten. To the south of the park) Liitzowstrasse
gives onto Flottwellstrasse.