Aylic Langlé Explained

Aylic Langlé
Birth Name:	Marie-Joseph-Adolphe-Alexandre Langlois
Birth Place:	11 October 1827
Occupation:	Playwright, journalist
Spouse:	Marie-Euphrasine Benoist
Signature:	Aylic Langlé Signature.png

Marie-Joseph-Adolphe-Alexandre Langlois, better known as Aylic Langlé^[1] (11 October 1827^[2] – 13 January 1870^[3]) was a 19th-century French playwright, journalist and official.

Biography

The son of the playwright Ferdinand Langlé and of Cécila de Milhau, grandson of the composer Honoré Langlé, the writer Marie-Ange-Ferdinand Langlois (? – 1908) and Charles-Édouard Langlois were his brothers.

He married Marie-Euphrasine Benoist (died in 1866), with whom he had a daughter, Marie-Georgina (1860-1930) who would become a writer.

He died from a stroke aged 42.

Works

• 1853: Murillo ou la Corde de pendu, comedy in 3 acts and in free verse, Comédie-Française (18 October)
  • 1863: Un homme de rien, comédie-vaudeville in 4 acts, Théâtre du Vaudeville 1864: La Toile d'araignée, comedy
• 1864: La Jeunesse de Mirabeau, vaudeville in 4 acts, with Raymond Deslandes, Théâtre du Vaudeville (11 November)

Distinctions

• Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur (22 June 1863 decree).
• Officer of the Légion d'honneur (7 August 1869 decree)^[4]

Notes and References

1. Georges d'Heilly, Dictionnaire des pseudonymes, E. Dentu, Paris, 1869 (2e éd.).
2. Reconstructed archives of the Ville de Paris, file 26/51 http://canadp-archivesenligne.paris.fr/archives_etat_civil/avant_1860_fichiers_etat_civil_reconstitue/fecr_visu_img.php?registre=V3E_N_1298&type=ECRF&&bdd_en_cours=etat_civil_rec_fichiers&vue_tranche_debut=AD075ER_V3E_N_01298_00101_C&vue_tranche_fin=AD075ER_V3E_N_01298_00151_C&ref_histo=65117&cote=V3E/N Note that the order of the first names is different from that of the death certificate.
3. Digital archives of the City of Paris, vital record of the 10th arrondissement, register of deaths, 1870, act n° 212 (vue 29/31)http://canadp-archivesenligne.paris.fr/archives_etat_civil/1860_1902_actes/aec_visu_img.php?registre=V4E_01271&type=AEC&&bdd_en_cours=actes_ec_1860_1870&vue_tranche_debut=AD075EC_V4E_01271_0005&vue_tranche_fin=AD075EC_V4E_01271_0035&ref_histo=11559&cote=V4E
4. Journal Officiel de l'Empire français du 10 août 1869, Partie officielle, page 1 http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k6496498m.r=aylic+langle+legion+d%27honneur.langFR.swf at Gallica. Aylic Langlé's personal file is not in the Base Léonore.