Ulric de Fonvielle, brother of Wilfrid de Fonvielle, (11 February 1833, Paris – 1 July 1911, ParisLarousse mensuel illustré, Vol.2, 1913, (p. 203)) was a 19th-century French journalist and writer.
Biography After studying painting,Archives de l’École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts, 1998, (p. 344) he was as a volunteer part of the expedition of the Thousand in 1860Annales de Normandie, Vol. 13–14, 1963, p.320 then, as a reporter, of the American Civil War.Ferdinand Faideau, La science curieuse et amusante, 2012, (p. 151)
Chief editor of La Ligne Directe in Dieppe (1868), he actively participated to the campaign against the Empire led by La Marseillaise of Henri Rochefort.Jules Vallès, Œuvres complètes, 1969, (p. 608) On January 10, 1870, he was chosen as a witness by their colleague Paschal Grousset for Victor Noir to attend the duel between Noir and Prince Pierre Bonaparte and accused the Prince of attempted murder on his person after the death of Victor Noir: Assassin, dare to face me! You cowardly murdered my friend, assassin, assassin! To death !Claude-Jean Girard, Un polémiste à Paris : Henri Rochefort, L'Harmattan, 2003, (p. 145) He then got ten days in jail for insulting the Court.
In April 1870, he was candidate to the Paris Commune.Adolphe Ponet, Procès..., 1872, (p. 132, 140, 182)
Works 1861: Souvenirs d'une chemise rouge 1865: Lincoln, 1806-1865 1878: Populus, drama in five acts and huit tableaux, with Eugène Hubert 1879: Le Puits du diable
Bibliography Jules Claretie, Histoire de la révolution de 1870-71, 1872, read online on Gallica
References
External links Ulric de Fonvieille on Data.bnf.fr Idref Ulric de Fonvielle's grave at Père Lachaise Cemetery