Paul Verne

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Paul Verne, around 1865

Pierre Paul Verne (born November 29, 1829 in Nantes , † August 27, 1897 in Paris ) was a French navigator and writer .

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The younger brother Jules Vernes went to the middle-class school of a Madame Sambin around 1834, where he achieved better results than his brother, who was also studying there. It was his big dream to go to sea, and his parents agreed to it. For health reasons he was denied further studies at the École Navale . Instead, he hired as a helmsman's boy on the merchant ship “Régulus” and in 1847 made his first voyage. The second trip followed in 1848. However, it now became apparent that his humanistic training stood in the way of normal captain training . In order to still achieve his goal, he had to take a detour through a military career. In 1850 he passed his exams as a seaman and then made several trips overseas. In 1854 he successfully passed the examination to become a captain for merchant shipping. His poor health prevented him from returning to the Navy. Only with the outbreak of the Crimean War did he get a new chance. In 1857 he asked to be released from the Navy because he wanted to get married. The wedding did not take place, however, and Paul, who now had no further chance to return to the Navy, became a stockbroker in Nantes.

In 1858 he married Berthe Meslier de Montarand (1841-1924), with whom he had an unfulfilled marriage. He thought longingly of his youth. In order to revive these memories, he and his brother Jules took trips along the French coast in the summer months of 1864 and 1865. In 1867 he accompanied his brother on his voyage on the Great Eastern , the largest passenger steamer at the time, to America. In 1872 he accompanied Jules for the first time on his steam yacht "Saint-Michel". This trip was so successful that the two brothers made long trips together over and over again in the years that followed. In 1897 Paul suffered a serious heart attack , of which he died on August 27, 1897.

Paul Verne had four children:

  • Gaston Verne (1860–1938), on March 9, 1886, committed an attempt to murder Jules Verne
  • Maurice Verne (1862-1947)
  • Marcel Verne (1866–1903)
  • Marie Verne (1872-1922)

Paul Verne as an author

Inspired by his brother Jules, Paul also began to take an interest in writing. Perhaps at his suggestion, he wrote the report of an ascent of Mont Blanc in August 1871 for his anthology "Le Docteur Ox" ( An Idea of ​​Doctor Ox ) , published in 1874 . In 1881 Paul Verne's report of a sea voyage from Rotterdam to Copenhagen was published under the title DE ROTTERDAM À COPENHAGUE À BORD DU YACHT À VAPEUR “SAINT-MICHEL” (From Rotterdam to Copenhagen on board the steam yacht “Saint Michel”) in the French magazine “L ' Union bretonne ”. Jules Verne took over the text with some changes as an appendix in the second volume of his novel "La Jangada" ( The Jangada ). The translation appeared in 1882 together with the German edition of “La Jangada”. The description of the crossing of the Prussian province Schleswig-Holstein on the Eider Canal became the subject of several local and cultural-historical studies, such as B. 2005 under the title Jules Verne in Schleswig-Holstein.

Works

further issues u. a. 2005 as: Jules Verne in Schleswig-Holstein - report. Ed. And with an afterword by Frank Trende. Photographs by Günter Pump. Husum 2005, ISBN 978-3-89876-198-7 .
  • 1891: Esquisses musicales (piano compositions: 14 pieces)

literature

Web links

Commons : Paul Verne  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Friedemann Prose: Jules Verne's journey to the center of the north : footnote 8
personal data
SURNAME Verne, Paul
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Verne, Pierre Paul (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French navigator and writer
DATE OF BIRTH November 29, 1829
PLACE OF BIRTH Nantes
DATE OF DEATH August 27, 1897
Place of death Paris