History of Saint James Parish Louisiana United States of America

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Alc?e Fortier, educator and author, was born in St. James Parish, La., June 5, 1856; son of Florent and Edwige (Aime) Fortier, and descended from an old French family established in Louisiana about 1740. He was educated in New Orleans and attended the University of Virginia for a short time. He was professor of French in the New Orleans public high school in 1878; principal of the academical department of the University of Louisiana in 1879; professor of French at the University of Louisiana, afterward the Tulane university, 1880-94, and was made professor of Romance languages at the same institution in 1894. He was one of the earliest members of the Modern language association of America, and in 1898 was president of the association, writing numerous papers for its publications. He was also elected president of the American folk lore society in 1894, and was vice-president of the American dialect society. He was made corresponding secretary of the New Orleans academy of sciences; member of the board of civil service commissioners of the city of New Orleans; president of the Louisiana historical society; president of the Catholic winter school of America, president of l' Ath?n?e Louisianais; delegate for Louisiana of l'Alliance Fran?aise, and a member of the state board of education from 1888 to 1896. He received the degree of Litt. D. from Washington and Lee university and was made officier d'Acad?mie by the French government. He published a number of papers in Modern Language Notes; in the Journal of American Folk-Lore, in Comptes-Rendus de l'Ath?n?e Louisianais; and in educational journals. He lectured in English and in French at Tulane university and elsewhere, and published: Le Ch?teau de Chambord (1884); Gabriel d'Ennerlch (1886); Sept Grand Auteurs du XIXe Si?cle (1889); Bits of Louisiana Folk-Lore (1889); A Few Words about the Creoles of Louisiana (1892); Histoire de la Litt?rature Fran?aise (1893); Louisiana Studies (1894); Louisiana Folk-Tales (1895); Voyage in Eutrope (1896); Pr?cis de l'Histoire de France. He also edited for colleges De Vigny's Le Cachet Rouge, Corneille's Polyeucte, Moli?re's Femmes Savantes, and wrote a history of the Louisiana Territory (1903).

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

History of Saint James Parish Louisiana

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