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HAAG, EMILE: French Protestant; b. at Montbeliard (100 m. n.e. of Chalon) Nov. 10, 1810; d. at Paris May 11, 1865. He studied law at Strasburg, and after being a tutor in Poland for two years, was appointed professor of political economy in a commercial school in Leipsic. In 1836 he left Leipsic togeether with his brothel Eugene (q.v.) and went to Paris, where he supported himself by miscellaneous literary work. He is best known by his collaboration with his brother in the preparation of La France protestante (9 vols., Paris, 1846-59), a biographical dictionary to which he contributed the articles on the artists and poets. He likewise wrote Satires et poesies diverses (Paris, 1844).

HAAG, EUGENE: French Protestant; brother of the preceding; b. at Montbieliard (100 m. n.e. of Chalon) Feb. 11, 1808; d. at Paris Mar. 5, 1868. After studying theology at Strasburg, he conducted a boarding-school at Cernay, and was then appointed professor of literature at a commercial school in Leipsic. In 1836 he went with his brother to Paris, and there supported himself by translating and by contributing to the periodical press. He also prepared a report on German military science for the Duke of Orleans, assisted in A. J. Matter's revision of the Bible (Paris, 1850) and in editing several periodicals, not only religious but even medical. Among his works special mention may

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Cox, Recollections of Oxford, pp. 284-271, ib. 1871; T. Mosley, Reminiscences, chiefly of Oriel College, pp. 350-386, ib. 1882; DNB, xxiv. 264-266.

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