Faure, François Felix, President of the French Republic, born in Paris; carried on business in Touraine as a tanner, but afterwards settled in Havre and became a wealthy shipowner; he served with distinction as a volunteer in the Franco-German War; entered the Assembly in 1881, where he held office as Colonial and Commercial Minister in various Cabinets; was elected President in 1895 (1841‒1899).
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Faunus * Faust, Johannes