Maximilien Charles Alphonse Cerfberr of Medelsheim
Journalist, Deceased Person
1817 – 1883
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
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on July 23, 2013
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