Jules Claretie, French literary figure mb-code IH059868 with the Royal Greenwich Observatory

with the Royal Greenwich Observatory on the left and Greenwich Hospital below on the right

South view of St Paul's Cathedral

the family worked to rid itself of controversy that had plagued it for generations

Lord Rosebery

Jules Claretie, French literary figure mb-code IH059868 with the Royal Greenwich ObservatoryJules Claretie, French literary figure, 1885. Claretie (1840 1913) was a journalist, novelist and playwright who served as director of the Theatre Francaise. He was elected a member of the Academie Francaise in 1888. A photograph from Album de Photographies dans L'Intimite de Personnages Illustres, 1855 1915, 7th album, Editions MD, Paris.