Adelphe Chasles
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Henri Lubin Adelphe Chasles (5 October 1795 – 28 January 1868) was a 19th-century French politician.[1]
Biography
[edit]The brother of mathematician Michel Chasles, he was a notary in Paris during the Bourbon restoration.
Mayor of Chartres from 27 August 1830 to 10 December 1847, president of the departmental council and MP for Eure-et-Loir from 1831 to 1848, he was part of the majority in the National Assembly supporting the ministries of the July Monarchy.[1]
He was appointed mayor by King Louis-Philippe in 1830, although Chasles had anonymously written anticlerical articles in a local newspaper.[2]
He was also president of the comice agricole of Chartres.
As mayor of Chartres he was responsible for the creation of the district of Petits-Blés, the demolishing of fortifications and bridging the gap that stretched from place Saint-Michel to that of the Épars. The creation of Boulevard Chasles (formerly Boulevard Saint-Michel) and rue Mathurin Régnier. The destruction of the walls between the gate of Chatelet and that of Saint-Jean, the creation of the Savings Bank of the city, the slaughterhouses of Saint-Brice, a shelter hall and the lighting by gas of the city.[3] He was also responsible for helping with the reconstruction of the Chartes Cathedral, after the disastrous fire of 4 June 1836, despite his past anticlerical actions.[2]
Chasles was made chevalier of the Légion d'honneur in 1844.
He died in Paris on 28 January 1868, and is interred at the Père Lachaise Cemetery.
Sources
[edit]- Dictionnaire des parlementaires français de 1789 à 1889 (Adolphe Robert, Edgar Bourloton et Gaston Cougny). gallica BNF. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
References
[edit]- 1 2 "Henri, Lubin, Adelphe Chasles: 1795 - 1868". Natuonal Assembly of the Republic of France. Retrieved 24 April 2026.
- 1 2 Bouderlique, Maéva. "Enjeux identitaires autour de l'incendie de la cathédrale de Chartres du 4 juin 1836: Patrimonialisation et pluralités narratives". Open Edition (in French). p. 104. Retrieved 24 April 2026.
- ↑ Le Journal de Chartres, 23 June 1878.
External links
[edit]- Henri Lubin Adelphe Chasles on Sycomore
- Henri Lubin Adolphe Chasles on Base Léonore
- Adelphe Chasles at the France Archives
- 1795 births
- 1868 deaths
- Politicians from Chartres
- Orléanists
- Members of the 2nd Chamber of Deputies of the July Monarchy
- Members of the 3rd Chamber of Deputies of the July Monarchy
- Members of the 4th Chamber of Deputies of the July Monarchy
- Members of the 5th Chamber of Deputies of the July Monarchy
- Members of the 6th Chamber of Deputies of the July Monarchy
- Members of the 7th Chamber of Deputies of the July Monarchy
- Knights of the Legion of Honour