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Auguste Imbert

1791 – 1840

French historian, chansonnier, opinion journalist and writer

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Lived 1791 – 1840 (aged 48–49). Auguste Imbert was a French historian, chansonnier, opinion journalist, writer, bookseller and editor.

Jean-Baptiste Auguste Imbert (3 March 1791, in Paris – 1840, in Brussels) was a 19th-century French playwright, bookseller, publisher, historian, chansonnier and journalist.

Biography He first worked in various jurisdictions before being named secretary in November 1816 of the Joint Committee established near the Prussian army in France.

After the departure of the Allies, he became a bookseller in Paris and also published under the pseudonyms "De Saint-Eugène", "Rossignol", "Passe-Partout" or simply "Auguste". On 4 January 1827, he was sentenced to a 595 francs fine and costs by the Criminal Court of the Seine department for defamation and incitement to hatred and contempt to King's government for his work Biographie des imprimeurs et des libraires. All the same, he had trouble with the law for his book Mon rêve, ou le gouvernement des animaux (1828). Banished, he moved to Brussels where he ended his life.

Moreover, Imbert was editor in different literary journals such as le Corsaire et La Lorgnette and published a great number of songs, among others in the Almanach des Grâces, the Almanach des Muses and the Veillées françaises.

His plays were presented on the most important Parisian stages of the 19th century, including the Théâtre de la Porte Saint-Martin and the Théâtre de l'Odéon.

Works

1814: Traits remarquables du règne de Napoléon 1817: La Dinde en pal ou un Trait d'Henri IV, historical comedy mingled with couplets 1818: Réflexions sur le prisonnier de Rouen ou Histoire du soi-disant faux dauphin 1818: Les Veillées d'une captive, with Antony Béraud and Louis-François L'Héritier 1820: La Sœur Anne, ou le Billet à payer, one-act intermède, mingled with couplets 1821: La petite somnambule, one-act comedy lacrina-comique, mingled with couplets 1822: Fanfan Ducroquet, sortant de la 1re représentation de Azéma, ou le Père meurtrier de sa fille , pantomime 1823: Émélie, ou la Petite glaneuse, drama by Berquin, arranged on one act and set in vaudeville 1824: Voyage autour du Pont-Neuf, et promenade sur le quai aux Fleurs 1824: La Chaumière du vieux soldat, song 1825: Azéma, ou l'Infanticide, roman historique tiré des causes célèbres de l'Angleterre, 2 vol. 1825: L'Enfant des tours Notre-Dame, ou Ma vie de garçon, historical novel 1825: Petit Berquin en miniature; théâtre d'éducation pour le premier âge 1825: L'Étude du cœur, ou les Leçons paternelles, novel 1826: Biographie des imprimeurs et des libraires, précédée d'un coup d'œil sur la librairie 1827: Biographie des condamnés pour délits politiques, with Benjamin-Louis Bellet 1827: Le Petit marchand, ou Chacun son commerce, one-act vaudeville, from a tale by Ducray-Duménil, with Paul Auguste Gombault and Eugène Hyacinthe Laffillard 1828: Les Deux Amis, two-act vaudeville 1828: La Mystification ou Le Comité de lecture, one-act comedy 1828: Mon rêve, ou le gouvernement des animaux 1828: Tablettes bruxelloises, ou Usages, mœurs et coutumes de Bruxelles, with Bellet 1830: La Bobineautiade, ou Coup-d'œil critique sur le théâtre du Luxembourg, satire en 2 chants 1830: Histoire de la révolution des quatre-vingt-seize heures, de ses causes et de ses effets; suivie des Traits de bravoure, de patriotisme, de dévouement, d'humanité et de désintéressement, qui ont eu lieu pendant les mémorables journées des 26, 27, 28 et 29 juillet 1830 1831: Le Bâtard d'une haute et puissante dame, 2 volumes 1833: L'Écu de cinq francs, capilotade 1838: Le Démérite des femmes

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1840, Brussels
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Jean-Baptiste Auguste Imbert

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French historian, chansonnier, opinion journalist and writer

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Auguste Imbert was born on 3 March 1791 in Paris.

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Auguste Imbert died in 1840 in Brussels.

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Auguste Imbert was a historian, chansonnier, opinion journalist, writer, bookseller and editor.

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Auguste Imbert was French.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Auguste Imbert

· Wikidata: Q20750656

· DBpedia: Auguste Imbert

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