Eugène Alcan

Eugène Alcan (1811 – c. 1898) was a French Jewish litterateur, painter, and poet, who embraced Roman Catholic Christianity.

[1] He was born in Paris in 1811, and died about 1898.

[1] He was a brother of Alphonse Alkan, but the reason for the difference in the orthography of the family name has never been explained.

[1] Alcan was the author of the following works:[1] This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Singer, Isidore; et al., eds.

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