Henry Marcel
Henry Marcel | |
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Born | Henri-Camille Marcel 25 November 1854 Paris |
Died | 6 March 1926 | (aged 71)
Occupation | Administrator |
Spouse(s) | Laure Meyer (1899) Berthe Meyer |
Children | Gabriel Marcel |
Henri-Camille Marcel called Henry Marcel, (25 November 1854 – 6 March 1926) was a 19th–20th-century French senior official, general administrator of the Bibliothèque nationale de France from 1905 to 1913.
In October 1903, he succeeded
École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts
of Paris.
In 1905, he was appointed general administrator of the Bibliothèque nationaleLéopold Delisle.
In May 1913, he became head of the
Réunion des musées nationaux
, until 1919.
In February 1899, he married Laure Meyer (first daughter of banker Maurice Meyer) with whom he had a son, philosopher and playwright Gabriel Marcel. After Laure's premature death, he married Berthe Meyer, sister of the former.
References
- ^ "Les directeurs de la Bibliothèque nationale", BNF, 2004, (p. 10).
External links
- Henry Marcel on data.bnf.fr
- Thèse d'Hortense Dufour (Sorbonne) sur la carrière d'Henry Marcel