- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Francis Fontaine (1845-1901)
- Creator:
- McAlexander, Hubert Horton
- Date of Original:
- 2003-03-11
- Subject:
- Fontaine, Francis, 1845-1901
Georgia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Georgia--History--19th century
Georgia--Politics and government--19th century
Georgia--Newspapers
Columbus(Ga.)--Newspapers
Columbus times (Columbus, Ga.)
Authors, American--Georgia - Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- articles
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
- Description:
- Encyclopedia article about Francis Fontaine. Fontaine, an aristocrat possessed of a cultivated mind and brilliant conversational abilities, was a Renaissance man of nineteenth-century Georgia. A fearless Confederate soldier, a newspaper editor, Georgia's representative to the Paris Exposition, a delegate to the state constitutional convention of 1877, and a force in Atlanta real estate and lending concerns, he is best remembered for his literary endeavors.
- Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/francis-fontaine-1845-1901/
- Language:
- eng
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- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: "Francis Fontaine (1845-1901)," New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved [date]: http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org.
- Original Collection:
- Forms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.
- Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
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