izing ▁in ▁the ▁English ▁domain , ▁he ▁wrote ▁a ▁dis sert ation ▁on ▁Ed gar ▁All an ▁Po e , ▁entitled ▁Ed gar ▁Po e , ▁un ▁gén ie ▁mor b ide ▁later ▁published ▁under ▁the ▁title ▁Ed gar ▁Po e , ▁sa ▁vie ▁et ▁son ▁ œuvre ▁; ▁ét ude ▁de ▁psych ologie ▁path ologique ▁( Par is : ▁Al can , ▁ 1 9 0 4 ). ▁He ▁then ▁wrote ▁a ▁bi ography ▁of ▁Alfred ▁de ▁V igny , ▁before ▁emb ark ing ▁on ▁a ▁course ▁of ▁study ▁similar ▁of ▁T enn ys on ' s ▁vers ification . ▁ ▁Upon ▁studying ▁Ev ang eline , ▁Long f ellow ' s ▁poem ▁which ▁follows ▁an ▁Ac ad ian ▁girl ▁during ▁the ▁time ▁of ▁the ▁Exp ulsion ▁of ▁the ▁Ac ad ians . ▁Lau v rière ▁discovered , ▁on ▁this ▁occasion , ▁the ▁history ▁of ▁the ▁Ac ad ian ▁people , ▁and ▁re orient ed ▁his ▁scholar ly ▁interest . ▁This ▁new ▁research ▁subject ▁led ▁him ▁to ▁publish ▁La ▁T rag édie ▁d ' un ▁peu ple ; ▁h istoire ▁du ▁peu ple ▁ac ad ien ▁de ▁ses ▁orig ines ▁à ▁nos ▁jours ▁( Par is : ▁B oss ard , ▁ 1 9 2 2 ). ▁ ▁Lau v rière ▁was ▁to ▁spend ▁the ▁next ▁three ▁dec ades ▁studying ▁Ac ad ian ▁history , ▁but ▁he ▁would ▁go ▁beyond ▁academic ▁research ▁by ▁found ing ▁the ▁Comité ▁France - Ac ad ie ▁dedicated ▁to ▁providing ▁gr ants ▁to ▁Ac ad ians ▁wish