Louis Guimbaud

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Louis Guimbaud (born August 13, 1869 in Limoges , † November 24, 1957 in Nice ) was a French homme de lettres , Romance studies and specialist from Victor Hugo .

life and work

Louis François Paulin Guimbaud studied literature (graduated as Licencié) and received a doctorate in law. He lived as a homme de lettres and did research as a private scholar on the life and work of Victor Hugo.

Guimbaud was Knight of the Legion of Honor (1929).

His estate went to the City Library of Nice.

Works

Hugo research

  • Victor Hugo et Juliette Drouet , Paris 1914, 1927, 2012 (English: Juliette Drouet's Love-Letters to Victor Hugo , London 1915)
  • Victor Hugo and Madame Biard , Paris 1927
  • Les Orientales de Victor Hugo , Amiens 1928
  • La mère de Victor Hugo 1772-1821 , Paris 1930 ( Sophie Trébuchet 1772-1821)
  • (Ed.) Mémoires du général Hugo , Paris 1934 (Spanish: Memorias del General Hugo , Sevilla 2007)
  • (Ed.) La belle-famille de Victor Hugo. Souvenirs de Pierre Foucher, 1772-1845 , Paris 1929
  • En cabriolet vers l'académie. Petite histoire des campagnes académiques de Victor Hugo d'après les lettres de Juliette Drouet , Paris 1947

Other works

  • L'employé et l'État en France. Sa condition économique et sociale , Caen 1898
  • A grand bourgeois au XVIIIe siècle. Auget de Montyon (1733-1820) , Paris 1909
  • Saint-Non et Fragonard , Paris 1928 ( Jean-Claude Richard de Saint-Non 1727–1791)
  • La Tapisserie de haute et basse lisse , Paris 1928, 1944, 1946, 1964, 1967, 1973
  • Eglises villageoises de Paris , Paris 1934
  • Fragonard , Paris 1947 ( Jean-Honoré Fragonard )

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personal data
SURNAME Guimbaud, Louis
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French homme de lettres, Romanist and specialist in Victor Hugo
DATE OF BIRTH August 13, 1869
PLACE OF BIRTH Limoges
DATE OF DEATH November 24, 1957
Place of death Nice