council on prisons. Reinach was a prolific writer on political subjects. He published three volumes on Léon Gambetta in 1884 and also edited Gambetta's speeches. Joseph and his wife Henriette-Clémentine had a son, Adolphe Reinach, born in 1887. Adolphe became an archaeologist and Egyptologist known mainly for his discovery of the Coptos Decrees. He was killed in the first month of the First World War, in August 1914. References External links Dreyfus Rehabilitated 1856 births 1921 deaths Writers from Paris Politicians from Paris Jewish French politicians French people of German-Jewish descent Democratic Republican Alliance politicians Members of the 5th Chamber of Deputies of the French Third Republic Members of the 6th Chamber of Deputies of the French Third Republic Members of the 9th Chamber of Deputies of the French Third Republic Members of the 10th Chamber of Deputies of the French Third Republic French male writers People associated with the Dreyfus affair Lycée Condorcet alumni Chevaliers of the Légion d'honneur