Adolphe Regnier
Adolphe or Jacques-Auguste-Adolphe Regnier (7 July 1804, Mainz - 20 October 1884, Fontainebleau) was a French philologist. He is most notable as a professor at the collège de France (1804 – 1884) and for his numerous translations of the poems and plays of the German author Friedrich Schiller.[1]
He was also preceptor to Prince Philippe, Count of Paris (1843-1853), a member of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres and director of the "Collection des grands écrivains de la France".[2] In 1873 he was appointed librarian of the Palace of Fontainebleau, where he died eleven years later. His son Adolphe Regnier (1834-1875) was also a librarian and scholar.[3]
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