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Jacques Benjamin Maximilien, Count de Saint-Victor (1772–1858)
Saint-Victor, Jacques Benjamin Maximilien, Count de (sa
vēk-tor’). A West-Indian author; born in Fort Dauphin, San Domingo, Jan. 14, 1772; died in Paris, Aug. 8, 1858. He was connected with the Journal des Débats under Napoleon, and established several Roman Catholic and Royalist magazines. His writings include: ‘Paris from the Time of the Gauls to our Own Day’ (3 vols., 1808–12); ‘Poetic Works’ (1822); ‘Letters on the United States, Written in 1832–33’ (2 vols., 1835); and ‘Journal of Travel’ (2 vols., 1836).