Brisson, Henri, French publicist and journalist; after holding presidentships in the Chamber became premier in 1885, but resigned after a few months; formed a Radical administration in 1898, which was short-lived; (b. 1835).
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Brissac * Brissot de Warville, Jean Pierre