The Encyclopedia Americana (1920)/Keller, Emile

KELLER, kĕl'ãr, Emile, French writer and statesman: b. Belfort, 1828; d. 1909. He became leader of the Roman Catholic party among the French deputies, and was commander of a company of volunteers during the Franco-Prussian War. After the war he opposed the cession of Alsace-Lorraine to Germany. Among his numerous writings are ‘Histoire de France’ (1888); ‘L'Encyclique et les libertés de l'église gallicane’ (1860); ‘L'Encyclique et les principes de 1789’ (1865); ‘Le générale de Lamoricière’ (1873); ‘Les congregations religeuses en France’ (1880). These works are written from the Catholic point of view and, for this reason, they have been read and are still popular in Catholic circles.