Jean-Eugène Decorde
French historian and archaeologist
About Jean-Eugène Decorde
Lived 1811 – 1881 (aged 69). Jean-Eugène Decorde was a French historian, archaeologist, catholic priest and priest.
Jean-Eugène Decorde (May 19, 1811 – May 5, 1881) was a French priest and historian.
Biography Decorde was born in the village of Bois-Héroult where his parents were farmers. Decorde was ordained as a priest in 1835 and he became the parish priest of Bures (1836–1870), then of Notre-Dame-d'Aliermont (1870–1881).
He was the author of various works, essays and books on the history, archeology and heraldry of Normandy. In 1857 he created a dictionary of the language for the region of Pays de Bray, Dictionnaire du patois du pays de Bray, which is notable because it represents the origins of the French dialect that is spoken in Quebec, Canada. Pays de Bray was one of the major sources of immigrants for the colony of New France in the 1600s.
In 1861, he became a member of the Comité des travaux historiques et scientifiques.
Works Un coin de la Normandie. Bures., 1846 Essai historique et archéologique sur le canton de Neufchâtel, 1848 Essai historique et archéologique sur le canton de Blangy, Paris : Derache, 1850 Essai historique et archéologique sur le canton de Londinières, 1851 Essai historique et archéologique sur le canton de Forges-les-Eaux, 1855 Dictionnaire du patois du pays de Bray, 1857 Essai historique et archéologique sur le canton de Gournay, 1860 Conseils aux instituteurs; réflexions également utiles aux maires, aux délégués cantonaux et aux pères de famille, 1861 Les Armoiries de la ville de Rouen. Rapport présenté au Conseil municipal par M. Decorde... sur le projet de frapper un nouveau coin aux armes de la ville, 1871 Histoire des cinq communes de l'Aliermont : Croixdalle, Sainte-Agathe, Notre-Dame, Saint-Jacques et Saint-Nicolas, 1877
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Who was Jean-Eugène Decorde?
French historian and archaeologist (1811-1881)
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Jean-Eugène Decorde was born on 19 May 1811 in Bois-Héroult.
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Jean-Eugène Decorde died on 5 May 1881 in Notre-Dame-d'Aliermont.
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Jean-Eugène Decorde was a historian, archaeologist, catholic priest and priest.
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Jean-Eugène Decorde was French.
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