René Ronsil

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René Henri Ronsil mostly René Ronsil (born April 18, 1908 in Ménilles , Département Eure , † October 17, 1956 in Louveciennes , Département Yvelines ) was a French singer, ornithologist and librarian .

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Birth entry René Henri Ronsil April 18, 1908

His father Charles Alexandre Ronsil and his mother Adami Juliette Marguerite were landowners in Ménilles. In his youth, his music teacher promoted his interest in music. He attended the Conservatory , where he won first prize in singing in 1933 and received a medal for his solfège . His modesty and shyness prevented him from getting a leading role as a baritone in opera houses. At the French radio (Radiodiffusion française) he showed less inhibitions as a soloist at the microphone and it seemed as if he avoided performing in front of an audience. In 1941 he appeared in the choir of the Paris Opera and for the first time felt the fame that a star deserves on stage. With La Fille De Madame Angot in 1940 a record with a few songs of Ronsil came on the market.

He often regretted not having more time for his hobby, ornithology. In particular, the intensive study of ornithological literature was part of his passion . So he dealt intensively with wonderful iconography from the 18th and 19th centuries and built himself a very nice library.

In 1948 he published Bibliographie Ornithologique Francaise, a work that for many researchers is still an important basis for their research. A year later it was supplemented with abbreviations and a corresponding index.

In 1950, the Société Ornithologique de France entrusted him with the task of building a library that would be available to members of the society. In a few years he established one of the most extensive ornithological libraries in France.

After his unexpected death in 1956, the Society endeavored to publish his last manuscript posthumously . This study dealt for the first time with the French bird illustrations in books and magazines in the period between 1475 and 1950 and listed all artists, engravers and editors during this period. The work was published under the title L'Art français dans le livre d'oiseaux .

Shortly before his death, he planned a third study of French bird pictures that were not published in books. This should include oil paintings, watercolors, gouache , pastel painting , red chalk drawings and various sketches such as charcoal and pencil sketches, etc. Unfortunately, his life's work was no longer completed, so that they would have perfected the most complete documentation of French ornithology. Nevertheless, his published works are considered a valuable tool for future generations of researchers.

Fonts (selection)

  • Bibliography Ornithologique Francaise, travaux publies en langue francaise et en latin en France et dans les Colonies Francaises de 1473 a 1944 . tape 1 . Paul Lechevalier, Paris 1948.
  • Abréviations des titres des publications périodiques cités dans la Bibliographie Ornithologique Française et Index méthodiques et systématiques . tape 2 . Paul Lechevalier, Paris 1949.
  • L'Art français dans le livre d'oiseaux (Eléments d'une iconographie ornithologique française) . In: Mémoires de la Société ornithologique de France et de l'union française (=  Supplément à L'Oiseau et la Revue française d'Ornithologie ). tape 28 , no. 6 , 1957.
  • Madame Knip, née Pauline de Courcelles, et son oeuvre ornithologique . In: Journal of the Society for the Bibliography of Natural History . tape 3 , no. 4 , 1957, ISSN  2053-7808 , pp. 207–220 , doi : 10.3366 / jsbnh.1957.3.4.207 .

literature

  • Robert Daniel Etchécopar in René Ronsil: L'Art français dans le livre d'oiseaux (Eléments d'une iconographie ornithologique française) . In: Mémoires de la Société ornithologique de France et de l'union française (=  Supplément à L'Oiseau et la Revue française d'Ornithologie ). tape 28 , no. 6 , 1957, pp. 3-4 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Robert Daniel Etchécopar, p. 3.
  2. ↑ Information on René Ronsil in the database of the Bibliothèque nationale de France .
  3. ↑ a b Robert Daniel Etchécopar, p. 4.

Remarks

  1. ↑ Robert Daniel Etchécopar mentions October 18, 1956 as the date of death, but the additional entry in his birth entry indicates October 17, 1956 in Louveciennes.
personal data
SURNAME Ronsil, René
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ronsil, René Henri (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French singer, ornithologist and librarian
DATE OF BIRTH April 18, 1908
PLACE OF BIRTH Ménilles , Eure department
DATE OF DEATH 17th October 1956
Place of death Louveciennes , Yvelines department