Henry Marcel, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Henry Marcel

French official

Date of Birth: 25-Nov-1854

Place of Birth: Paris, ĂŽle-de-France, France

Date of Death: 06-Mar-1926

Profession: official

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius


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About Henry Marcel

  • Henri-Camille Marcel called Henry Marcel, (25 November 1854 – 6 March 1926) was a 19th–20th-century French senior official, general administrator of the Bibliothèque nationale de France from 1905 to 1913. In October 1903, he succeeded Henry Roujon at the head of the École nationale supĂ©rieure des beaux-arts of Paris. In 1905, he was appointed general administrator of the Bibliothèque nationale after LĂ©opold Delisle. In May 1913, he became head of the RĂ©union des musĂ©es nationaux, until 1919. In February 1899, he married Laure Meyer (first daughter of banker Maurice Meyer) with whom he would have a son, philosopher and playwright Gabriel Marcel.
  • After Laure's premature death, he married Berthe Meyer, sister of the former.

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