Honoré Daumet

Honoré Daumet studied at Beaux-Arts de Paris. Training under Charles-Félix Saint-Père, Guillaume Abel Blouet and Émile Gilbert is recorded. Charles Girault, Frantz Jourdain and Walter-André Destailleur are recorded as having studied under Honoré Daumet. The recorded working language is French. Distinctions recorded are Prix de Rome, Royal Gold Medal, Commander of the Legion of Honour and Officer of the Legion of Honour.

• Name — Honoré Daumet • Born — 23 October 1826 • Birthplace — Paris • Died — 12 December 1911 • Place of death — Paris • Resting Place — Montparnasse Cemetery • Occupation — Architect • Education — Beaux-Arts de Paris • Awards — Prix de Rome

A student at the Beaux-Arts de Paris under Guillaume Abel Blouet, Charles-Félix Saint-Père and Émile Gilbert, he won the Grand Prix de Rome for architecture in 1855. Daumet accompanied the Archeologist Léon Heuzey on an expedition to Macedonia in 1861. On his return he married the daughter of the architect Charles Questel. Daumet founded his own atelier which would produce nine further Grand Prix winners, Charles-Louis Girault chief among them, and attracted a number of foreign students such as Charles McKim and Austin W. Lord. In 1908, Daumet won the Royal Gold Medal of the Royal Institute of British Architects. He was a close friend of the sculptor Henri Chapu. Daumet died on 12 December 1911 at his home in the 6th arrondissement of Paris, and was buried in the 15th division of Montparnasse Cemetery.

• Extension and western front of the Palais de Justice in Paris (1857–1868) with Joseph-Louis Duc • Reconstruction of the Château de Chantilly (1875–1882) for Henri d'Orléans, Duke of Aumale. • Basilica of Sacré Coeur (1884–1886). Daumet was the first of five successive architects who completed the building after the death of Paul Abadie. He was followed by Charles Laisné in 1886. • Grenoble, Palais de Justice, Palais des Facultés • Restoration of the Villa Tiburtine • Construction of the boarding school of Sion in Tunis • Grandstands of the Chantilly Racecourse (1879) • Restoration of the Roman theatre of Orange • Restoration of Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye • Restoration of the chapel of the Palace of Versailles • Illustration — Hippodrome de Chantilly

Honoré Daumet is recorded with the occupation architect. Recorded as having received Prix de Rome, Royal Gold Medal and Commander of the Legion of Honour.