About Henry Marcel
Lived 1854 – 1926 (aged 71). Henry Marcel was a French official.
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 1889, he married Laure Meyer (first daughter of banker Maurice Meyer) with whom he had a son, philosopher and playwright Gabriel Marcel. After Laure's premature death, he married Berthe Meyer, sister of the former.
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Who was Henry Marcel?
French official, director French national museums (1854-1926)
When was Henry Marcel born?
Henry Marcel was born on 25 November 1854 in Paris.
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Henry Marcel died on 6 March 1926 in Paris.
What was Henry Marcel's occupation?
Henry Marcel was an official.
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Henry Marcel was French.
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