Alexandre Pierre Freslon
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Alexandre Pierre Freslon | |
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 Portrait from Panthéon des illustrations françaises au XIXe siècle, Paris, c. 1865. | |
| Born | 11 May 1808 La Flèche, Sarthe, France |
| Died | 26 January 1867 (aged 58) |
Alexandre Pierre Freslon (11 May 1808 – 26 January 1867) was a French Lawyer who became a representative in the Constituent Assembly and Minister of Public Education and Religion in 1848.
Alexandre Pierre Freslon was born in La Flèche, Sarthe, on 11 May 1808 to a family of farmers. He studied law at the Faculty of Paris and entered the Bar in Angers in 1829. He held Liberal views, and on 17 July 1830 was prosecuted for participating in a demonstration against the government. He defended himself and was acquitted.[1]
After the July Revolution Freslon entered the judiciary as a crown prosecutor. However, he did not approve of the new government and in 1832 resigned and resumed has career as a lawyer. In 1839 he founded the Précurseur de l'Ouest, a Republican newspaper. He became a member of the council of Angers. He fought the mayor of Angers, denouncing him in his paper for corruption in 1846 and earning a fine of 100 francs.[1]
