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Full Name Henri-Camille Marcel Born 25 November 1854 Paris Spouse(s) Laure Meyer (1899)
Berthe Meyer Died 6 March 1926, Paris, France Parents Pierre-Marie Marcel, Clémentine-Louise Lucas de Montigny People also search for Gabriel Marcel, Pierre-Marie Marcel, Clémentine-Louise Lucas de Montigny, Laure Meyer 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 supérieure des beaux-arts of Paris.
In 1905, he was appointed general administrator of the Bibliothèque nationale after Léopold Delisle.
In May 1913, he became head of the Réunion des musées 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 prematured death, he married Berthe Meyer, sister of the former.
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