Maurice Tourneux

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Maurice Tourneux in his library.

Jean Maurice Tourneux ( July 12, 1849 Paris , † January 13, 1917 in Paris) was a French biographer , historian , author and publisher .

Life

He was the son of the artist and author JFE Tourneux and attended the Lycée Louis-le-Grand . In 1866 he joined the Compagnie des chemins de fer de Paris à Lyon et à la Méditerranée as archivist . He later worked on the new edition of the Supercheries littéraires by Joseph Marie Quérard and the Dictionnaire des anonymes by Antoine-Alexandre Barbier .

In April 1872 he published his first article ( L'Amateur d'autographes ). This was also the beginning of a very fruitful collaboration and a long friendship with Marin-Étienne Charavay (1848–1899).

Tourneux was president of the Société de l'histoire de Paris et de l'Île-de-France . On November 12, 1912, he was appointed officer of the French Legion of Honor .

Together with Jules Assézat , he is considered to be one of the most important academic publishers of the 19th century for the complete works of Denis Diderot , Assézat-Tourneux des œuvres complètes de Denis Diderot . The work edition was published in 20 volumes by Éditions Garnier Frères in Paris in 1875 and was also referred to as the Assézat Tourneux edition.

Works

  • Articles dans L'Amateur d'autographes dès avril 1872, dont “Revue bibliographique” en octobre 1872.
  • Articles de L'Illustration publiés under the rubrique "Notes et impressions"
  • Auguste Poulet-Malassis, Notes et souvenirs intimes. Paris 1893.
  • La Bibliothèque des Goncourt. Paris 1897.
  • Eugène Delacroix. Henri Laurens éditeur, Paris.
  • Étienne Charavay. 1900
  • Diderot et Catherine II. Paris 1899

Web links

Wikisource: Maurice Tourneux  - Sources and full texts (French)

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Paul Lacombe: Maurice Tourneux (July 12, 1849 - January 13, 1917). Bulletin du bibliophile, H. Leclerc, Paris, 1918.
  2. ↑ 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica. Jean Maurice Tourneux
  3. ↑ Documents on the award to officer of the Legion of Honor
personal data
SURNAME Tourneux, Maurice
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Tourneux, Jean Maurice (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French biographer, historian, author and publisher
DATE OF BIRTH July 12, 1849
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris
DATE OF DEATH January 13, 1917
Place of death Paris