author
Charles Dejob
1847–1916
A French scholar of literature and education, he wrote with real curiosity about the ties between French and Italian culture. His books bring together university life, literary history, and the world of ideas in 19th-century Europe.
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L'Instruction Publique en France et en Italie au dix-neuvième siècle
by Charles Dejob
About the author
Born in Paris on September 29, 1847, and dying there on April 5, 1916, Charles Dejob was a French university professor, literary historian, and author. Sources consistently describe him as a specialist in both French and Italian literature, with a strong interest in how ideas and institutions moved between the two countries.
He taught at the Faculty of Letters in Paris and wrote on subjects ranging from tragedy and literary criticism to public education and university history. His work includes studies of French literature, Italian cultural influence, and the development of education in France and Italy during the 19th century.
Dejob is best remembered as a serious but wide-ranging man of letters: part teacher, part historian, and part critic. For readers today, his writing offers a window into the intellectual life of his time, especially the close conversation between literature, scholarship, and education.