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DUPANLOUP. 530 DUPIN. Pope. Before the assemblinj; of the Vatican Council ill 1870, he opposed Tapal infallibility, but sub- mitted to the decision of the Council. At the close of the war with Germany he was sent as a representative to the National Assembly, where lie favored a constitutional monarchy. Ihipan- loup became a memlK-r of the French Academy in 1854 and a Senator in 1875. One of his best works is De Vt'ducalioit (1855-57). His (Euvrcs choisies were published in 1801. Consult Pelle- tier, ilonscigncnr Ihtpuitloup (Paris, 1876). DUPEERON. dii'pA'rr.x', .Jacques D.wy ( 1550-1018). A French prelate. He was born at Bern, the son of Protestant parents, who had fled from Xormaiidy to Switzerland. He suc- ceeded in winninj; a position at Court, and the protection of the Duke de .Joyeuse, and became a Roman Catholic. Soon tlicreafter he was ap- pointed reader to King Henry 111., and, thoueh a layman, preached at Vincenncs, and on the death of Mary (,>ueen of Scots was chosen to pro- nounce her eulogy. His success in oratorj' and his ambition led him to take orders. Toward llie end of the reign of Henry 111. -he attached him- self to the Cardinal de Bourbon, whose secrets he is said to have sold to Henry IV. That mon- arch made him Bishop of Evreux. With Car- dinal d"Ossat, Duperron persuaded the Pope to relieve the kingdom of the interdict, and for his services received the cardinaTs hat in l(i04. In all theological ilisputcs, he took an active part against the Protestants. He wrote many contro- versial works, some ballads, and anelegj',L'o(« ire de M. I'aDiiral de Joyeuse (1588). DUPES, Day of (Fr. joiinu'e des dupes). The name given in France to Xovemlier 11, 10.")0, because on that day Riclielieu foiled the eneiniea wlio had nearly succeeded in ousting liim from the royal favor. DUPETIT-THOUARS, di.ip'-te'tooar', Abel AiBEitr (171l3-lS(i4 1. A Freiicli naval officer. In 1839 he completed a voyage around the world as captain of the Venus. In 1842, he placed the Marquesas Islands, and the following year the whole Society group, under the protec- tion of France. In 1846 he was made vice-admi- ral and in 1849 was elected to the Legislative Assembly. He published Voiiufle aulour du mondc sur la frcfiale La Venus (1841-49). DUPETIT-THOUARS, Loris Marie Afbert (17.58-1831). A French botanist, born at Bou- mois, near Saunnir. In 1792 he accompanied his brother, Aristide Aubert, a naval commander, to Madagascar and the neigliboring islands, where he collected numerous botanical specimens. In 1802 he returned to Paris, where he was ap- pointed director of the Royal Institute of Arbori- culture. The results of his extensive travels in the Eastern island were iniblishcd in a series of works of which the publication entitled /7i,s- ioire dcs regctaux recueiUis sur les ilcs de France, de Bourhnn et de Madagascar (1804), is probably the most important. DUPIN, di.i'pri.N'. Axnufc Marie Jean .Tacqies ( 17.S31S05). A French lawyer and statesman. He was born at Var/.y, in the Department of Ni*vre, and studied in Paris. After holding a professorship in law. he was elected in 1815 a member of the Chamber of Deputies. The pub- lication of his treatise, De la libre defense des accuses, caused him to be chosen as counsel for Marshal Xey and others in the trials for treason and sedition that followed the restoration of the Bourbons. In his pamphlet, La revolution de ISSO, he endeavored to prove the lawful character of this revolution, and showed himself an ardent defender of the rights of the liourgeoisie. Louis Philip])e made him his intimate counselor and procurator-general of the Court of Cassation. In 1832 he became a member of the Academy. From 1832 to 1840 he was jiresident of the Chamber of Deputies. He was on the legislative committee which drafted the new Constitution after the Revolution of 1848, and was pre>idcnt of the Legislative Assembly at the time of the coup d'etat. In consequence of the confiscation of the Orleans estates in 1852, Dupin resigned his place, and retired for a time from public life; but in 1857 he conscnte<l to resume his previous ollice of procurator-general of the Court of Cassa- tion. Of his many important works there may be mentioned the fllossaire de I'ancieu droit fran- cats (1846), and Opuscules de jurisprudence (1851). Consult his .U^moires (Paris, 1855-63). DUPIN, Chevalier Arr.isTE. The famous character introduced by Edgar Allan Poe as a French detective into several of his short stories, notably The Murders in the Rue Morgue and The Mystery of Marie Rogi't. The type tlius created by Poe was imitated by Conan Doyle in his Sherlock Holmes stories. DUPIN, PiERKE Ciiarle.s FRAXrois, Baron (1784-1873), A French economist and politician, brother of Andre Dui)in. He was born at Varzy, in the Departimnt of N'i&vre; was educated at the Polytechnic School in Paris; and was after- wards employed as inspector-general of the Marine Department. He traveled in England for the purpose of studying its industries and commerce, and on his return he pulilished Voyages dans la (Irande-Bretagne (1820-24). In 1819 he was made professor in the Conservatoire des Arts et MOtiers, but his interests became more and more centred in iiolitics. in which he at lirst showed liberal leanings, but finally took up the cause of the Bourbons. In 182S he was eleiti'd Deputy for the Department of Tarn, and took part with the moderate opposition, though Charles X. had made him baron four years earlier. After the February revolution of 1848, Dupin was elected member of the Constituent Assembly and later of the Legislative Assembly; and after the coup dV-tat he became a Senator for life. His mathematical treatise, Dereloppeinent de gio- nielrie pour faire suite a la geomctrie pratique de Munge (1813), gave him membership in the Academic des Sciences. DUPIN, Loii-s Ellies (1657-1719). A Frendi .Jansenist theologian and historian. He was born in Paris, wlu're he became professor at the Royal College. He was frequently at- ta(kc<l because of his views, which he was several times compelled to retract, and was exposed to severe criticism because of his attitude toward William Wake, Archbishop of Canterbury. His Bihliothique universelle des auteiirs eeclesias- tiijues (58 vols., 1686-1704) is a cimiplete his- tory of the theological literature of the Church and is recognized as a standard work, not only as regards the numerous biographical sketches contained in it, but also because of its exhaustive list of works and the criticisms and other data bearing on them.