Émile Reinaud

Alfred Émile Reinaud (12 March 1854 – 21 November 1924) was a French lawyer, politician and essayist who served as mayor of Nîmes from 1892 to 1900. Reinaud was also a prominent member of the Académie de Nîmes.

Not to be confused with Émile Reynaud.

Émile Reinaud
Mayor of Nîmes
In office
15 May 1892 – 20 May 1900
Preceded byAlexandre Bouchet
Succeeded byGaston Crouzet
Personal details
Born
Alfred Émile Reinaud

(1854-03-12)12 March 1854
Vauvert, France
Died21 November 1924(1924-11-21) (aged 70)
Nîmes, France
Alma mater
OccupationLawyer
Awards
Military service
Branch/serviceFrench army
RankCaptain[1]

Early life and education

Émile Reinaud was born in Vauvert, in the Gard department.[2]

After a secondary education in Nîmes,[3] Reinaud embraced law studies, first at the University of Montpellier,[4] then at the Paris Law Faculty, where he obtained a PhD in 1879.[2][5]

Career

Lawyer
Émile Reinaud in 1889, wearing a toque and a court dress.

From 1879, Reinaud worked as lawyer at the court of appeal of Nîmes. A member of the city's bar association, he was also president of the legal aid bureau.[1]

In 1909, he was elected Nîmes' bâtonnier (head of the bar),[1] and reelected in 1910 and 1911.

French historian Raymond Huard cites him as an example of the strong involvement of Nîmes lawyers within the local political community.[6]

Mayor of Nîmes

In 1891, Reinaud was elected conseiller municipal and vice mayor of Nîmes. The following year, during new municipal elections, Reinaud was elected the city's mayor.[7]

Other activities

Essayist

In 1886, Reinaud published the first report on France's 1884 law that authorised the existence of labour syndicates.[1] He also wrote a reference biography on French painter Charles Jalabert, for which he received an award from the Académie française.[8]

Académie de Nîmes

In February 1894, Reinaud was elected a member of the Académie de Nîmes, a learned society. He became president of this Académie in 1905[9] (one-year term), and was later chosen to be its perpetual secretary from 1918.[10]

Personal life

Reinaud married Claire Lombard (1854–1939), a niece to French painter Charles Jalabert, and had three children: Paul, Charlotte, and Hélène. Paul died at 36 from a war injury, while Charlotte died at 10; Hélène was the only one to survive her father.[11]

Honours

National honours
Ribbon barHonourDate
Officier of the National Order of the Legion of Honour 1920[1]
Officier of the Instruction Publique 1894[1]

Prizes

Other
Odonymic plate in Nîmes.
  • A street in Nîmes is named after Émile Reinaud.

Publications
  • Les Syndicats professionnels : leur rôle historique et économique avant et depuis la reconnaissance légale, la loi du 21 mars 1884, Paris, ed. Guillaumin, 1886.
  • La Jeunesse de Charles Jalabert, Nîmes, ed. Chastanier, 1902.
  • Charles Jalabert : l'homme, l'artiste – d'après sa correspondance, Paris, ed. Hachette, 1903.
  • Aux arènes de Nîmes, 1906.
  • La Fille de Jephté : 2 actes en vers, Nîmes, ed. Chastanier, 1924.
  • Beautés des Causses et Cévennes : poésies régionales, Anduze, ed. Imprimerie du Languedoc, 1958 (posthumous).

References
  1. "Memoiries". www2.culture.gouv.fr. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
  2. "Reinaud (Emile)". Gard : dictionnaire biographique et album. Paris: Flammarion. 1904. p. 549.
  3. "Chronique méridionale". Le Midi. 15 March 1886. p. 2.
  4. Cadix, Gaston. "Avant-propos". In Reinaud, Émile. Beautés des Causses et Cévennes : poésies régionales. Anduze: Imprimeries du Languedoc. 1950 (posthumous).
  5. Notice bibliographique Faculté de droit de Paris. Des Conditions impossibles, illicites ou immorales dans les dispositions à titre gratuit en droit français et en droit romain. Thèse pour le doctorat, par Émile-Alfred Reinaud,... | BnF Catalogue général – Bibliothèque nationale de France. Catalogue.bnf.fr. 1879. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
  6. Huard, Raymond (1982). Histoire de Nîmes. Aix-en-Provence: Edisud. p. 289. ISBN 2-85744-134-7.
  7. "LES MAIRES DE NIMESDE 1790 ANOS JOURS" (PDF). www.nemausensis.com. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
  8. "Émile REINAUD | Académie française" (in French). Academie-francaise.fr. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
  9. "Presidents" (PDF). www.academiedenimes.org. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
  10. "Secretaires" (PDF). www.academiedenimes.org. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
  11. "Secrétaire perpétuel" (PDF). communication.academiedenimes.org. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
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