Gustave Servois

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Gustave Marie Joseph Servois (born June 7, 1829 in Paris ; † November 9, 1927 there ) was a French archivist, prefect and Romanist .

Life

Servois graduated from the École nationale des chartes in 1854 . He was from 1859 to 1866 employee of the magazine La correspondance littéraire and from 1873 to 1879 prefect in various departments. In 1879 he became library and archive inspector. From 1888 to 1902 he was head of the Archives nationales. In addition, he worked as an editor for Romansh.

Servois was chairman of the Société de l'Histoire de France and the Société des anciens textes français as well as honorary chairman of the Société de l'École des chartes.

Works

  • (Ed. With Auguste Kroeber, 1830–1879) Fierabras. Chanson de geste, publiée pour la première fois d'après les manuscrits de Paris, de Rome et de Londres, Paris 1860 (Les anciens poètes de la France 4)
  • (Ed.) Oeuvres de La Bruyère, 4 vols., Paris 1865–1882; in 1 vol., (with Alfred Rébelliau , 1858–1934) Les caractères ou les mœurs de ce siècle, Paris 1890, 20th edition 1929, 1948
  • (Ed.) Jean-Jacques Ampère , L'empire romain à Rome, 2 vols., Paris 1867, 1872
  • (Ed.) Jean Renart , Le Roman de la rose ou de Guillaume de Dole, publié d'après le manuscrit du Vatican, Paris 1893, New York 1965

literature

  • Charles-Victor Langlois in: Bibliothèque de l'Ecole des chartes 88, 1927, pp. 365–367

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personal data
SURNAME Servois, Gustave
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Servois, Gustave Marie Joseph (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French archivist, prefect and Romanist
DATE OF BIRTH June 7, 1829
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris
DATE OF DEATH November 9, 1927
Place of death Paris