Agathon Jean François Fain

Agathon Jean François Fain ( born January 11, 1778 in Paris, France, † September 14, 1837 ibid ) was Baron and private secretary of Napoleon I.

He was made ​​very early in the offices of the National Assembly, 1793 Secretary of the Military Committee of the National Convention and 1796 Division Chief of the archives, and soon afterwards Secretary of State, came in 1806 as an archive secretary in the Secret Cabinet of the Emperor, was 1807 Requetenmeister, 1809 for Baron and early 1813 's private secretary the emperor appointed. This he accompanied on all his trains to the abdication at Fontainebleau, where he created the Abdikationsakte. The restoration robbed him of his position as head of the French archives, but he resigned after Napoleon's return back to its former position. After the second restoration without a job, it was not until 1830 the first Cabinet Secretary Louis Philippe, 1832 General Intendant of the Civil List, State and Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour, in 1834 deputy. He died on 14 September 1837.

Works

• Manuscript de l'an 1814 trouvé dans les voitures impériales prises à Waterloo. Paris 1823; German, Berlin 1823.
• . Manuscript de l'an 1813 Paris 1824-25, 2 vols; German, Stuttgart 1825.
• Manuscript de l'an 1812 Paris 1827, 2 vols. ; German, Leipzig, 1827.
• Manuscript de l'an III ( 1794-95 ). Paris 1828; German, Leipzig, 1829.