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Ferdinand de Lanoye

1806 – 1870

French writer

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Lived 1806 – 1870 (aged 63). Ferdinand de Lanoye was a French writer, translator and editing staff.

Ferdinand Tugnot de Lanoye (1810–1870) was a French writer.

Life He was born in Gray, Haute-Saône, to a mother of Danish descent and a father who was a Napoleonic Captain. He studied in Avignon, where his history teacher was Hyacinthe Morel. Since Lanoye's father's Napoleonic associations made him unpopular in the Bourbon Restoration, Lanoye initially found it hard to start a public career. A volume of poetry, Songs and Dreams (1838) led to a friendship with Pierre-Jean de Béranger.

Works (with A. Hervé) Voyages dans les glaces du Pôle arctique à la recherche du passage Nord-ouest: extraits des relations de Sir John Ross, Edward Parry, John Franklin, Beechey, Back, Mac Clure et autres navigateurs célèbres, 1854 L'Inde contemporaine, 1855. Le Niger et les explorations de l'Afrique centrale: depuis Mungo-Park jusqu'au Docteur Barth, 1858. La mer Polaire : voyage de l'Érèbe et de la Terreur et expéditions à la recherche de Franklin, 1864 La Sibérie d'après les voyageurs les plus récents, 1865 Ramses le Grand, ou l'Egypte il y a trois mille trois cents ans, 1866. Translated as Ramses the Great, or, the Egypt of 3300 Years Ago, 1869. (ed.) Voyage dans les royaumes de Siam, de Cambodge, de Laos et autres parties centrales de l'Indo-Chine by Henri Mouhot, 1868. The sublime in nature: compiled from the descriptions of travellers and celebrated writers, 1870 L'homme sauvage, 1873. La mer polaire voyage de l'Erèbe et de la Terreure et expéditions à la recherche de Franklin, 1878.

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Who was Ferdinand de Lanoye?

French writer (1806-1870)

When was Ferdinand de Lanoye born?

Ferdinand de Lanoye was born on 13 September 1806 in Saint-Saturnin-lès-Avignon.

When did Ferdinand de Lanoye die?

Ferdinand de Lanoye died on 19 April 1870 in Vienne, Paris.

What was Ferdinand de Lanoye's occupation?

Ferdinand de Lanoye was a writer, translator and editing staff.

What nationality was Ferdinand de Lanoye?

Ferdinand de Lanoye was French.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Ferdinand de Lanoye

· Wikidata: Q5443930

· DBpedia: Ferdinand de Lanoye

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