Henry Marcel

Henry Marcel
Born	Henri-Camille Marcel 25 November 1854 Paris
Died	6 March 1926(1926-03-06) (aged 71)
Occupation	Administrator
Spouse(s)	Laure Meyer (1899) Berthe Meyer

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 Henry Roujon at the head of the École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts of Paris.

In 1905, he was appointed general administrator of the Bibliothèque nationale after Léopold 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) whith whom he would have a son, philosopher and playwright Gabriel Marcel. After Laure's prematured death, he married Berthe Meyer, sister of the former.

External links

• Henry Marcel on data.bnf.fr
• Thèse d'Hortense Dufour (Sorbonne) sur la carrière d'Henry Marcel