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Thierry (JACQUES NICOLAS AU- GUSTIN)

JACQUES NICOLAS AU- GUSTIN, a French historian; born in Blois, France, May 10, 1795. He was for some time associated as secretary and coadjutor with St. Simon, whose socialistic views he embraced. In 1816 he published a treatise entitled "The Nations and Their Mutual Relations."

His celebrated work on the Norman conquest of England was published at Paris in 1825, and attained great success both in France and in England. "Letters on French History" appeared in 1827, and "Ten Years of Study" (essays) in 1834 .

He was summoned by Guizot, then minister of public instruction, to Paris, and intrusted with the editing of the "Account of the Unedited Historical Works on the Third Estate," for the collection of documents relative to the history of France. In 1840 he published "Account of the Times of the Merovingians. " He died in Paris May 22, 1856.