[1] He published many of the outstanding educational and reference works of 19th-century France, including the 15-volume Grand dictionnaire universel du XIXe siècle.

[1] From 1848 to 1851, Larousse taught at a private boarding school, where he met his future wife, Suzanne Caubel (although they did not marry until 1872).

They published progressive textbooks for children, and instruction manuals for teachers, with an emphasis on developing the pupils' creativity and independence.

In 1869 Larousse ended his partnership with Boyer and spent the rest of his life working on the Great Dictionary.

The publishing house Éditions Larousse still survives, but was acquired by Compagnie Européenne de Publication in 1984, Havas in 1997, Vivendi Universal in 1998, and the Lagardère Group in 2002.