GEORGES PICOT
\d͡ʒˈɔːd͡ʒɪz pˈiːkə͡ʊt], \dʒˈɔːdʒɪz pˈiːkəʊt], \dʒ_ˈɔː_dʒ_ɪ_z p_ˈiː_k_əʊ_t]\
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A French historian; born at Paris, Dec. 24, 1838. He succeeded Thiers as member of the Institute in 1878, and on the death of Jules Simon in 1896 became permanent secretary of the Academy of Sciences. He wrote: "Elections to the States General in the Provinces from 1302 to 1614" (1874); "The Parliament of Paris under Charles VIII". (1877); "Judiciary Reform in France" (1881); "A Social Duty and Workmen's Homes" (1885); "History of the States-General and their Influence on the Government of France from 1355 to 1614" (4 vols., 1872), his principal work, which twice won the Gopert prize of the Academy; "The Battle against Social Revolution" (1895).
By Charles Dudley Warner
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