Bernard Lefebvre
Bernard Lefebvre (27 March 1906 – 30 November 1992), known as Ellebé, was a French photographer, born in Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France. He was a member of the Rouen Academy, and president of the Rouen Photo-club from 1937 to 1941 and 1951 to 1977.
Bernard Lefebvre
- Full name
- Bernard Georges Marie Henri Lefebvre.
- Born
- 1906. · Rouen.
- Died
- 1992. · Rouen.
- Nationality
- France.
- Occupation
- photographer.
- Education
- Institution Jean-Paul-II and Lycée Pierre-Corneille.
- Honours
- Knight of the National Order of Merit, Knight of the French Order of Academic Palms, Resistance Medal, Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres, Commemorative medal for voluntary service in Free France and Colonial Medal.
- Languages
- French.
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Bernard Lefebvre studied at Institution Jean-Paul-II and Lycée Pierre-Corneille. The recorded working language is French. Residence is recorded at Rouen. Employment is recorded with Paris Match, L'Illustration and Paris-Normandie. Positions recorded include president. Distinctions recorded are Knight of the National Order of Merit, Knight of the French Order of Academic Palms, Resistance Medal and Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres.
• Charles Rabot, Croisière arctique, Rouen, 1932. Illustrations by Pierre Le Trividic and photographs by Bernard Lefebvre. • Conseils aux amateurs qui désirent se documenter par la photographie, Rouen, 1939 • Les Cinématographes de la de Rouen: 1896-1907, CRDP, Mont-Saint-Aignan, 1982 • Avec de Gaulle en Afrique, ed. Bertout, Luneray, 1990
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On origins, the institutional record states the following. Born in 1906 at Rouen. It is also recorded that bernard Lefebvre died in 1992 at Rouen. The same evidence establishes that bernard Lefebvre is recorded at birth as Bernard Georges Marie Henri Lefebvre.
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Bernard Lefebvre lived from 27 March 1906 to 30 November 1992 and is documented in the authority records of the Bibliothèque nationale de France. Bernard Lefebvre was born in Rouen (27 March 1906) and died in Rouen (30 November 1992).
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The scholarly and documentary record stands as follows. Recorded as having received Knight of the National Order of Merit, Knight of the French Order of Academic Palms and Resistance Medal.
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Bibliography printed in the source article · 4
- Le Grand Livre des Rouennais. éd. du P'tit Normand. 253. 1983. 468723694.
- Rouen. La Cathédrale retrouvée. Point de vues. 96. 2006. 2-915548-10-2.
- Le Quartier Jouvenet. Roussel. 239. 1997. 2-911408-03-9.
- Burchell Rouen. éditions des Falaises. 176. 2011. 978-2-84811-150-6.
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