BLANC

Jean Joseph Louis . b. Madrid 28 Oct. 1813; clerk in a lawyer’s office in Paris 1830; edited a journal called Le Bon Sens 1836–38; founded La revue du progrès 1838 in which he advocated socialistic ideas; published The organisation of labour 1841; His to ire des dix ans 1841 which helped to precipitate the revolution of 1848; a member of the Provisional government 1848; pres. of the Labour commi ion; declined the Dictatorship; a member of the National A embly; proscribed by the A embly; lived in exile in England 1849–70; correspondent to several French journals; published Letters on England , 2 series 2 vols. 1867; a member of French National A embly Feb. 1871 to death. d. Cannes 6 Dec. 1882. Louis Blanc, sa vie, ses œuvres, par C. Robin 1851, portrait ; Louis Blanc, par C. Edmond 1882, portrait ; I.L.N. xii , 182 (1848), portrait, xiii , 189 (1848), portrait, lxxxi , 629 (1882), portrait . Note. —When an attempt was made to a a inate him in Paris 15 Aug. 1839 his brother Charles Blanc had a vivid presentiment of the scene, an incident on which Dumas founded the play of the Corsican Brothers.