Ulric de Fonvielle

Ulric de Fonvielle, brother of Wilfrid de Fonvielle, was a 19th-century French journalist and writer.

Biography

After studying painting, he was as a volunteer part of the expedition of the Thousand in 1860 then, as a reporter, of the American Civil War.
Chief editor of La Ligne Directe in Dieppe, he actively participated to the campaign against the Empire led by La Marseillaise of Henri Rochefort. On January 10, 1870, he was chosen as a witness by their colleague Paschal Grousset for Victor Noir to attend the duel between Noir and Prince Pierre Bonaparte and accused the Prince of attempted murder on his person after the death of Victor Noir: Assassin, dare to face me! You cowardly murdered my friend, assassin, assassin! To death ! He then got ten days in jail for insulting the Court.
In April 1870, he was candidate to the Paris Commune.

Works

1861: Souvenirs d'une chemise rouge
1865: Lincoln, 1806-1865
1878: Populus, drama in five acts and huit tableaux, with Eugène Hubert
1879: ''Le Puits du diable''