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French librarians

26 published records, arranged alphabetically. Each entry is published only where a named source supports it.

Adrien-Michel-Hyacinthe Blin de SainmoreAuthor · BooksAdrien-Michel-Hyacinthe Blin de Sainmore (15 February 1733, in Paris – 26 September 1807, in Paris) was an 18th–century French poet, playwright and historian.
Alexandre Guy PingréPerson · Music memorabiliaDom Alexandre Guy Pingré (September 1711 – 1 May 1796) was a French canon regular, astronomer and naval geographer.
Alfred de MussetAuthor · BooksAlfred Louis Charles de Musset-Pathay (lang; 11 December 1810 – 2 May 1857) was a French dramatist, poet, and novelist.
Anatole FranceAuthor · BooksAnatole France (born François-Anatole Thibault frɑ̃swa anatɔl tibo; 16 April 1844 – 12 October 1924) was a French poet, journalist, and novelist. Several of his books were best-sellers.
Aubin-Louis Millin de GrandmaisonAuthor · BooksIllustration — Sketch of Millin from Biographie des hommes vivants (1818)
August StöberAuthor · BooksIllustration — August Stöber
Auguste RigaudAuthor · BooksAuguste-Pierre-Augustin Rigaud (29 March 1760 – 15 April 1835) was a French poet and fabulist.
Benjamin FondanePerson · Film memorabiliaBenjamin Fondane (lang) or Benjamin Fundoianu (born Benjamin Wechsler, Wexler or Vecsler, first name also Beniamin or Barbu, usually abridged to B;
Casimir DelavigneAuthor · BooksIllustration — Casimir Delavigne.
Charles NodierAuthor · BooksJean Charles Emmanuel Nodier (ʒɑ̃ ʃaʁl emanɥɛl nɔdje; 29 April 1780 – 27 January 1844) was a French author and librarian who introduced a younger generation of Romanticists to the conte…
Charles Palissot de MontenoyAuthor · BooksCharles Palissot de Montenoy (3 January 1730 – 15 June 1814) was an 18th-century French playwright, admirer and disciple of Voltaire and Antoine de Rivarol.
Émile AugierAuthor · BooksGuillaume Victor Émile Augier (French pronunciation: [ɡijom viktɔʁ emil oʒje]; 17 September 1820 – 25 October 1889) was a French dramatist.
Frantz Funck-BrentanoAuthor · BooksFrantz Funck-Brentano (15 June 1862 – 13 June 1947) was a French historian and librarian. He was born in the castle of Munsbach (Luxembourg) and died in Montfermeil.
Georges de Porto-RicheAuthor · BooksGeorges de Porto-Riche (20 May 1849, Bordeaux, Gironde – 5 September 1930, Paris) was a French dramatist and novelist.
Hippolyte-Julien-Joseph LucasAuthor · BooksIllustration — Hippolyte Lucas
José-Maria de HerediaAuthor · BooksJosé-Maria de Heredia (22 November 1842 – 3 October 1905) was a Cuban-born French Parnassian poet. He was the fifteenth member elected for seat 4 of the Académie française in 1894.
Josephin SoularyArtist · PaintingsJoséphin (Joseph Marie) Soulary (23 February 1815 - 28 March 1891), French poet, son of a Lyon merchant of Genoese origin (Solari).
Jules TroubatAuthor · BooksJules Simon Troubat (1836–1914) was a French littérateur, born in Montpellier. He was the last secretary of Sainte-Beuve, one of his testamentary executors, and his legatee.
Julien TiersotPerson · Music memorabiliaJulien Tiersot (5 July 1857 in Bourg-en-Bresse (Rhône-Alpes) – 10 August 1936 in Paris), was a French musicologist, composer and a pioneer in ethnomusicology.
Léon HalévyAuthor · BooksLéon Halévy (4 January 1802 – 2 September 1883) was a French civil servant, historian, and dramatist.
Marguerite DurandAuthor · BooksMarguerite Durand (24 January 1864 – 16 March 1936) was a French stage actress, journalist, and a leading suffragette. She founded her own newspaper, and ran for election.
Melchisédech ThévenotAuthor · Maps and atlasesMelchisédech Thévenot was a French cartographer, librarian, diplomat, writer and physicist (1620–1692). He was born in Paris and died in Issy-les-Moulineaux.
Natalya GorbanevskayaAuthor · BooksNatalya Yevgenyevna Gorbanevskaya (Ната́лья Евге́ньевна Горбане́вская; 26 May 1936 – 29 November 2013) was a Russian poet, a translator of Polish literature and a civil-rights activist.
Paul LacroixAuthor · BooksPaul Lacroix (lang; 27 February 1806 – 16 October 1884) was a French author and journalist. He is known best by his pseudonym P.L.
Raissa BlochAuthor · BooksIllustration — Raisa Blokh
Sylvain MaréchalAuthor · BooksSylvain Maréchal (15 August 1750 – 18 January 1803) was a French essayist, poet, philosopher and political theorist, whose views presaged utopian socialism and communism.[1] His views on a…

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