Maximilien Charles Alphonse Cerfberr of Medelsheim

Journalist, Deceased Person

1817 – 1883

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Who was Maximilien Charles Alphonse Cerfberr of Medelsheim?

Maximilien Charles Alphonse Cerfberr of Medelsheim was a French journalist, writer and governmental official.

After traveling extensively in Algeria and the East, Cerfberr was attached in 1839 to the penitentiary administration in the Ministry of the Interior. In 1848 he held for a short time the position of commissary of the Republic in the Department of Saône-et-Loire.

Among Cerfberr's numerous writings the most noteworthy are:

Projet d'un Etablissement Pénitencier à Paris, 1841

La Vérité sur les Prisons, 1844

Le Silence en Prison, Réflexions d'un Condamné, 1847

Ce Que Sont les Juifs en France, 1843

Les Juifs, Leurs Histoire, Leurs Mœurs, 1846

La Guyane, Civilisation et Barbarie, Coutumes et Usages, 1854

Paraboles, 1854

La Police d'Assurance, 1867

L'Epargne par la Dépense, 1867

Biographie Alsacienne, 1878

Histoire d'un Village, 1881

L'Architecture en France, 1883

Cerfberr wrote on several other subjects of less importance; and he translated several works from German into French.

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Born
Jul 20, 1817
Nationality
  • France
Profession
Died
Dec 16, 1883

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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