Alfred Desmasures

Alfred Desmasures was a French journalist writer essayist and historian, born in Mondrepuis January 20, 1832 and died the May 20, 1893 in Hirson.

Known for his republican ideas, he was sentenced to four months in prison in 1855 for "peddling of political literature". From September 9 to 15, 1870, he was posted acting Prefect of Aisne. First haberdasher, he became a bookseller and printer in the fall of 1879 at Hirson, but also a journalist, writer, essayist and historian. Author of numerous books on the history of Thiérache, he founded several newspapers (''Le Nord de la Thiérache'', ''l'Hirsonnais'', ''la Thiérache Républicaine'').

The museum and documentation center of the city of Hirson bears his name. Provided by Wikipedia