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Xavier Marmier

Xavier Marmier was a French poet, translator, writer, traveler, librarian and literary scholar (1808–1892). He was born at Pontarlier and died at rue de Babylone.

Xavier Marmier in brief

Born
1808
Died
1892
Known for
poet, translator, writer, traveler, librarian, literary scholar, man of letters and journalist
Place of birth
Pontarlier
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Career and activity

Xavier Marmier worked in literature, translating activity, literary studies, library science and travel.

He was employed by University of Rennes. Recorded positions include curator, official, librarian and seat 31 of the Académie française. He belonged to Académie Française and Académie des sciences, belles-lettres et arts de Besançon et de Franche-Comté. He worked at rue Saint-Thomas-d'Aquin.

Literature

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

The Life and Travels of Xavier Marmier (1808-1892), 2007. Xavier Marmier, et ukendt færøosk visehåndskrift og visen Aligast, Vergleichende Germanische Philologie und Skandinavistik. The Life and Travels of Xavier Marmier (1808-1892): Bringing World Literature to France The Life and Travels of Xavier Marmier (1808-1892): Bringing World Literature to France. By W.S. M <scp>ercer</scp> . Oxford: OUP, 2007. xvii + 349 pp. Hb £50.00., French Studies, 2010. Xavier Marmier et l’Amérique, Revue d'histoire de l'Amérique française, 1957. SIRÈNES ET AUTRES ONDINES : REPRÉSENTATIONS MÉDIÉVALES DES FIGURES AQUATIQUES SCANDINAVES, Studia Universitatis Babeş-Bolyai. Philologia, 2023. Helsinki (Helsingfors) in the mirror of imperial St. Petersburg, Historia provinciae: журнал региональной истории, 2017.

Digitised editions and texts

11 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by Internet Archive.

En Amérique et en Europe (1860) — Internet Archive. Du Rhin au Nil: souvenirs de voyage, Volume 3 (1852) — Internet Archive. Contes russes (1889) — Internet Archive. Histoire de la littérature en Danemark et en Suède (1839) — Internet Archive. Xavier Marmier 6 Les Don Juan (1834) — Internet Archive. Lettres sur la Russie, la Finlande et la Pologne (1851) — Internet Archive. Maestro Pietro, ovvero Il sapiente del villaggio volgarizzamento dal francese per Michele Ungaro e Luigi Piezzo Trattenimenti con i suoi piccoli amici (1847) — Internet Archive. Au bord de la Néva Contes russes (1856) — Internet Archive. Xavier Marmier - Sigurd Et Singorra (1888) — Internet Archive. Xavier Marmier - Vasilisa A La Tresse D Or (1892) — Internet Archive. Récits américains, par m. Xavier Marmier ... (1892) — Internet Archive.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 11 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). 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 4 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 4 means 4 genuinely separate publishers of record. 16 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

In detail

the recorded working language is French.

The field of work recorded is literature, translating activity and literary studies.

Residence is recorded at rue Saint-Thomas-d'Aquin. Employment is recorded with University of Rennes. Positions recorded include curator and official. Membership is recorded of Académie Française and Académie des sciences, belles-lettres et arts de Besançon et de Franche-Comté.

Distinctions recorded are Officer of the Legion of Honour.

Chronology

  1. 1808Xavier Marmier born at Pontarlier.
  2. 1834Xavier Marmier 6 Les Don Juan digitised by Internet Archive.
  3. 1839Histoire de la littérature en Danemark et en Suède digitised by Internet Archive.
  4. 1851Lettres sur la Russie, la Finlande et la Pologne digitised by Internet Archive.
  5. 1852Du Rhin au Nil: souvenirs de voyage, Volume 3 digitised by Internet Archive.
  6. 1860En Amérique et en Europe digitised by Internet Archive.
  7. 1889Contes russes digitised by Internet Archive.
  8. 1892Xavier Marmier died at rue de Babylone.

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.

    The Life and Travels of Xavier Marmier (1808-1892), 2007

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  2. 2.

    The Life and Travels of Xavier Marmier (1808-1892): Bringing World Literature to France The Life and Travels of Xavier Marmier (1808-1892): Bringing World Literature to France. By W.S. M <scp>ercer</scp> . Oxford: OUP, 2007. xvii + 349 pp. Hb £50.00., French Studies, 2010

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  3. 3.

    Xavier Marmier et l’Amérique, Revue d'histoire de l'Amérique française, 1957

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  4. 4.

    Xavier Marmier, et ukendt færøosk visehåndskrift og visen Aligast, Vergleichende Germanische Philologie und Skandinavistik

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  5. 5.

    Directory of Open Access Journals lists 2 articles naming Xavier Marmier.

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  6. 6.

    Internet Archive, 40 digitised items catalogued under Xavier Marmier as creator.

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  7. 7.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q963467: Xavier Marmier

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikidata

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  8. 8.

    “Xavier Marmier”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

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