Favre

favr, Jules (1809-1880), a French statesman. He was born at Lyons and died at Versailles. He studied law. His forte was the defense of political prisoners. He was a natural revolutionist. He took part in the changes of 1830, 1848, and 1870. He was one of the commissioners who were obliged to accept Bismarck's terms of peace. Favre pleaded hard to retain Alsace-Lorraine, but Bismarck was immovable. Favre was elected to the French Academy in 1869. He wrote a number of books of no profound interest or scholarship.