François-René, Vicomte de Chateaubriand (1768 – 1848) was a French writer, politician, diplomat and historian who had a notable influence on French literature of the nineteenth century. Descended from an old aristocratic family from Brittany, Chateaubriand was a royalist by political disposition. Wikipedia
Vicomte de Chateaubriand, François-René (1768–1848)
