Georges Poisson

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Georges Edouard Louis Poisson (born November 27, 1924 in Düsseldorf ) is a French preservationist and historian of architecture , literature and art . He has made a name for himself with his efforts to preserve the estates of famous people, including those of Honoré de Balzac , Saint-Simon and Émile Zola .

Georges Poisson is the son of the officer Edouard Poisson and the journalist Marie-Madeleine nee. Sauvy (called Claude-Salvy), whose brother was the demographer Alfred Sauvy . On March 16, 1948, he married the museum curator Florence Clément, with whom he has two children. After completing school at the Lycée Louis-le-Grand in Paris, he received a license in literary studies ( lettres ) and a diploma in history, art history and archeology.

For years Poisson directed the Museum of the Île-de-France in Sceaux Castle . At the same time he had the museums of Meudon , Courbevoie , Dourdan and Blaye improved. He persuaded André Desguines to offer his 55,000-volume library to the Hauts-de-Seine department , so in 1990 he was appointed commissioner for cultural affairs in Hauts-de-Seine. In 1992 he retired and was awarded the title Conservateur général du Patrimoine in gratitude for saving the French cultural heritage . He had saved important sites such as the Monte Christo Castle , the park of the Meudon Castle (restoration of the Grande Perspective de Meudon ), the Vallée-aux-Loups ( Chateaubriand's home ) and the home of Émile Zola . As an expert in the history of architecture and art, Poisson has lectured at the Collège des Arts appliqués , the École normal supérieure d'Enseignement technique , the École du Louvre and at the University of Paris .

In 2009 Poisson published his memoir.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Pauline Annoni: George Poisson: “On peut voir la chambre, absolument inchangée, de Montesquieu!” Conversation with Poisson in: L'Internaute , September 2005.
  2. ↑ For the entire paragraph: Jacques Lafitte, Stephen Taylor: Who's Who in France. 2003, p. 1542.
  3. ↑ 1966 he was there conservateur adjoint : Jacques Thirion: Review of: Georges Poisson. Les Musées de France, 1964. In: Bibliothèque de l'école des chartes 124 (1966), p. 640.
  4. ^ Georges Poisson: Combats pour le patrimoine. Souvenirs 1948–2008. Pygmalion, Paris 2009, ISBN 978-2-75640205-5 (preview on Google Books).
personal data
SURNAME Poisson, Georges
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Poisson, Georges Edouard Louis (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French architecture and art historian
DATE OF BIRTH November 27, 1924
PLACE OF BIRTH Dusseldorf