Léon Benett
He was born in Orange, Provence. He changed his name to "Léon Benett" to differentiate his career in the French administration from his work as a draftsman. • Illustration — Léon Benett Benett is the most important illustrator of books written by Jules Verne; between 1873 and 1910 he illustrated twenty-five novels from the Voyages Extraordinaires series. He also illustrated other books by Verne.
Also recorded as Leon Benett
Léon Benett
Léon Benett · http: jv.gilead.org.il/rpaul/L%E2%80%99invasion%20de%20la%20mer/ · Public domain
- Born
- 1839
- Died
- 1916
- Nationality
- France
- Occupation
- painter · illustrator · writer · draftsperson · colonial administrator · artist
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He also illustrated works of Victor Hugo, Leo Tolstoy, Thomas Mayne Reid, André Laurie, Camille Flammarion, and others. Benett's illustrations often depict exotic countries, arising from his real experiences as a government employee in which he visited Algeria, Cochinchina, Martinique, and New Caledonia. He died in Toulon on 7 December 1916.
Léon Benett is recorded as painter, illustrator, writer and draftsperson. Identity and origins. Recorded at birth as Hippolyte Léon Benet. The authorities additionally record the heading Leon Benett. His recorded language was French.
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1839
Léon Benett was born in 1839.
1916
Léon Benett died at Toulon.
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q966547: Léon Benett
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- “Léon Benett”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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scholarly publication
- Benett, Léon, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 2011
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Bibliography printed in the source article · 2
- Fr. Benet, M.-A. Benet, P. Benet, P. Martin, R. Pesle, V. Sper Benet, Léon Benett illustrateur: Lettres et dessins inédits, A la frontière, 2011, , www.leonbenett.fr
- Federico Ferretti, 2012 Elisée Reclus, lettres de prison et d'exil, Lardy, A la frontière.
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scholarly publication
Benett, Léon, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011Crossref registry
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Wikidata, structured authority record Q966547: Léon BenettWikimedia Foundation
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