A Biographical Dictionary of Modern Rationalists/Acollas, Professor Émile Pierre Antoine René Paul

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A Biographical Dictionary of Modern Rationalists
edited by Joseph McCabe
Acollas, Professor Émile Pierre Antoine René Paul
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Acollas, Professor Émile Pierre Antoine René Paul, French jurist. B. June 25, 1826. At Paris, in his youth, he formed a society for the discussion of politics and religion, and was expelled for his advanced views by the reactionary authorities. He was appointed professor of law at Berne. In 1871 the Communal Government at Paris made him Dean of the Faculty of Law; but he declined. Returning to France some years later, he was appointed Inspector-General of Prisons and admitted to the Legion of Honour. Professor Acollas edited La Science Politique and wrote La loi générale de l'évolution humaine and various legal works. D. Oct. 17, 1891.