Background
BAR BIER, Paul was born in Colombier Chatelot, Doubs. 2nd son of late Pasteur G. Barbier, French Protestant Church, London.
BAR BIER, Paul was born in Colombier Chatelot, Doubs. 2nd son of late Pasteur G. Barbier, French Protestant Church, London.
Ecolede la Confession d’Augs- 93 bourg, Paris. Read for the ministry.
Appointed French master at Felstead Grammar School, then in the Manchester Grammar School. Permanent lectureship in French language and literature, 1883, which was raised to the status of a professorship in the University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire, Cardiff. Past examiner-in-chief, University of London, etc.
Has taken a leading role in bringing the Keltic branch of France and the Welsh together. Has been, by a singular literary coincidence, identified with the Paul Barbier of Mrs. Humphrey Ward’s novel David Grieve.
PuiAications: school editions of French classics. Professor of French language and litera ture, University of Wales, Cardiff. Officier d’Academie, officier de l’lnstruction publique, University, Gall.