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'@@ -5,11 +5,17 @@ [[File:Louie Hachette 1.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Louis Hachette.]] -'''Louis Christophe François Hachette''' ({{IPA-fr|lwi kʁistɔf fʁɑ̃swa aʃɛt|pron}}) (5 May 1800 – 31 July 1864) was a French publisher. +'''Louis Christophe François Hachette''' ({{IPA-fr|lwi kʁistɔf fʁɑ̃swa aʃɛt|pron}}) (5 May 1800 – 31 July 1864) was a French publisher who established a publishing Paris house designed to produce books and other material to improve the system of school instruction. Publications were initially focused on the classics and subsequently expanded to include books and magazines of all types. The firm is currently part of a global publishing house. -He was born at [[Rethel]] in the [[Ardennes]] ''[[département]]'' of France. After studying three years at prestigious [[École Normale Supérieure]] with the view of becoming a teacher, he was in 1822 on political grounds expelled from the seminary. He then studied law, but in 1826 he established in Paris a publishing business for the issue of works adapted to improve the system of school instruction, or to promote the general culture of the community. He published manuals in various departments of knowledge, dictionaries of modern and ancient languages, educational journals, and French, Latin and Greek classics annotated with great care by the most eminent authorities. +Hachette was born at [[Rethel]] in the [[Ardennes]] ''[[département]]'' of France. After studying three years at prestigious [[École Normale Supérieure]] with the view of becoming a teacher 1822, he was, on political grounds, expelled from the seminary. In 1926, after briefly studying law, Hachette opened Brédif, a bookshop located near the Sorbonne in Paris . The focus of the business  was to produce works adapted to improve the system of school instruction and to promote the general culture in the community. He published manuals on various topics including, dictionaries of modern and ancient languages, educational journals, and French, Latin and Greek classics annotated with great care by the most eminent authorities. -Subsequently to 1850 he, in conjunction with other partners, published a cheap railway library, scientific and miscellaneous libraries, an illustrated library for the young, libraries of ancient literature, of modern foreign literature, and of modern foreign romance, a series of guide-books and a series of dictionaries of universal reference. In 1855 he also founded ''Le Journal pour tous'', a publication with a circulation of 150,000 weekly. +In 1833, the Guizot Schools Law was passed which required all municipalities to open a primary school. Louis Hachette had been putting together an alphabet primer since 1829 and his was the only company capable of responding to the public order for a million textbooks. -Hachette also manifested great interest in the formation of mutual friendly societies among the working classes, in the establishment of benevolent institutions, and in other questions relating to the amelioration of the poor, on which subjects he wrote various pamphlets; and he lent the weight of his influence towards a just settlement of the question of international literary copyright. +In 1846, the L. Hachette & Company was founded. That year, Emile Littré signed a contract with the new firm to publish a dictionary, the first volumes of which appear in 1863. + +In 1852, Hachette contracted with seven railway companies to create station bookstalls. In addition to travel guides for rail passengers, the small outlets sold novels by authors including Charles Dickens, Gérard de Nerval, George Sand and the children’s series Bibliothèque Rose, including those by La Comtesse de Ségur. + +In 1855 Hachette founded ''Le Journal pour tous'', a publication with a circulation of 150,000 weekly. + +Hachette also manifested great interest in the formation of mutual friendly societies among the working classes, in the establishment of benevolent institutions, and in other questions relating to the amelioration of the poor, a subject on which he wrote various pamphlets. He also lent the weight of his influence towards a just settlement of issues relating to international literary copyright. ==See also== @@ -22,5 +28,7 @@ {{EB1911|wstitle=Hachette, Louis Christophe François|volume=12|page=793}} -{{Authority control}} +Hachette Livre – Key dates retrieved 2017-03-05 from <nowiki>http://www.hachette.com/en/about-us/key-dates</nowiki>     + +Hachette, Louis Christophe Francois. (2000). Hutchinson Encyclopedia of Biography{{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Hachette, Louis}} '