CHANTAVOINE

chantavoine, henri (1850- ), french man of letters, was born at montpellier on the 6th of august 1850, and was educated at the ecole normale superieure. after teaching in the provinces he moved, in 1876, to the lycee charlemagne in paris, and subsequently became professor of rhetoric at the lycee henri iv. and _maitre de conferences_ at the ecole normale at sevres. he was associated with the _nouvelle revue_ from its foundation in 1879, and he joined the _journal des debats_ in 1884. his poems include _poemes sinceres_ (1877), _satires contemporaines_ (1881), _ad memoriam_ (1884), _au fil des jours_ (1889).