Edmond Rousse


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Aimé Joseph Edmond Rousse was a French lawyer, and member of the Académie française from 1880 until his death. He was born and died in Paris.

Biography

He was called to the Barreau de Paris, before becoming secretary to the Conférence des avocats, then member of the conseil de l'Ordre des avocats puis and finally bâtonnier to the barreau de Paris.
He was secretary of Chaix-d'Est-Ange, of which he published the pleas, president, in 1870, of the Paris bar, he published his Pleas and Speeches in two volumes.
Elected to the Academy on May 13, 1880 to replace Jules Favre, and received by the Duc d'Aumale on April 7, 1881. He received the Vicomte de Vogüé.

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