Édouard-Jules Corroyer

Édouard-Jules Corroyer was a French architect and art historian (1835–1904). He was born at Amiens and died at Paris.

Also recorded as Edouard Jules Corroyer; Edouard Corroyer; Edouard-Jules Corroyer; Édouard Jules Corroyer; Édouard Corroyer.

Édouard-Jules Corroyer in brief

Born
1835
Died
1904
Known for
architect and art historian
Place of birth
Amiens
Contents

Career and activity

Édouard-Jules Corroyer worked in architecture, church architecture, historic building and antiquities restoration.

Recorded position is diocesan architect. He belonged to Académie des beaux-arts.

Recognition and collections

Édouard-Jules Corroyer received Officer of the Legion of Honour and Knight of the Legion of Honour. Work by Édouard-Jules Corroyer is held by Archives nationales.

Catalogued works

5 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service. Their recorded dates run from 1875 to 1934.

Château de Fleyriat. Église Sainte-Catherine, dated 1934. Siège du Comptoir national d'escompte de Paris, dated 1878. Monument aux morts de la guerre de 1870, dated 1897. Project to restore the cloister and build a house for Soissons Cathedral (1875), dated 1875, held by Archives nationales, inventory CP/F/19/7889, Plan 1.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 1 named public collection.

Archives nationales: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

2 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Corroyer, Edouard Jules, Oxford Art Online, 2003. Édouard-Jules Corroyer (1835-1904) : la construction romane, moment décisif dans l'histoire de l'architecture médiévale, Livraisons d'histoire de l'architecture, 2005.

Digitised editions and texts

7 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by DataCite (NN) and DataCite (NAKALA - https://nakala.fr (Huma-Num - CNRS)).

Les arts décoratifs à l'opéra, 2 (1884) — DataCite (NN). Les arts décoratifs à l'opéra, 1 (1884) — DataCite (NN). Salon de 1877 (1877) — DataCite (NN). Viollet-le-Duc (1879) — DataCite (NN). L'architecture gothique / par Edouard Corroyer (2025) — DataCite (NAKALA - https://nakala.fr (Huma-Num - CNRS)). Guide descriptif du Mont-Saint-Michel (2025) — DataCite (NAKALA - https://nakala.fr (Huma-Num - CNRS)). L' architecture au Salon de 1882 (1882) — DataCite (NN).

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 6 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)) and 7 deposited research records (DataCite Commons). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 3 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 3 means 3 genuinely separate publishers of record. 21 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

In detail

the recorded working language is French.

The field of work recorded is architecture, church architecture and historic building.

Positions recorded include diocesan architect. Membership is recorded of Académie des beaux-arts.

Work by Édouard-Jules Corroyer is recorded in the collections of Archives nationales.

Distinctions recorded are Officer of the Legion of Honour and Knight of the Legion of Honour.

Chronology

  1. 1835Édouard-Jules Corroyer born at Amiens.
  2. 1875Project to restore the cloister and build a house for Soissons Cathedral (1875) (Archives nationales).
  3. 1877Salon de 1877 digitised by DataCite (NN).
  4. 1878Siège du Comptoir national d'escompte de Paris.
  5. 1879Viollet-le-Duc digitised by DataCite (NN).
  6. 1884Les arts décoratifs à l'opéra, 2 digitised by DataCite (NN).
  7. 1884Les arts décoratifs à l'opéra, 1 digitised by DataCite (NN).
  8. 1897Monument aux morts de la guerre de 1870.
  9. 1904Édouard-Jules Corroyer died at Paris.
  10. 1934Église Sainte-Catherine.
  11. 2025L'architecture gothique / par Edouard Corroyer digitised by DataCite (NAKALA - https://nakala.fr (Huma-Num - CNRS)).
  12. 2025Guide descriptif du Mont-Saint-Michel digitised by DataCite (NAKALA - https://nakala.fr (Huma-Num - CNRS)).

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    Corroyer, Edouard Jules, Oxford Art Online, 2003

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  2. 2.

    DataCite Commons, deposited research records naming “Édouard-Jules Corroyer”

    Institutional database · Scholarly

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  3. 3.

    Édouard-Jules Corroyer (1835-1904) : la construction romane, moment décisif dans l'histoire de l'architecture médiévale, Livraisons d'histoire de l'architecture, 2005

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  4. 4.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q1287541: Édouard-Jules Corroyer

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikimedia Foundation

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  5. 5.

    “Édouard Corroyer”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

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