Hachette, Louis |
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BORN 5 May 1800, Rethel, Ardennes - DIED 31 Jul 1864, Plessis-Piquet, Hauts-de-Seine: Château (now: Le Plessis-Robinson) GRAVE LOCATION Paris: Cimetière du Montparnasse, 3 Boulevard Edgar Quinet (division 15) |
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Louis Hachette studied for three years at the École Normale Supérieure in Paris but he was expelled for political reasons. In 1826 he bought Brédif, a bookshop near the Sorbonne, aiming to improve the system of school instruction. When the Guizot Schools Law was passed in 1833 he produced a million textbooks. On 17 February 1827 he married Amélie Barbedienne (1803-1832). They had three children. He married Pauline Royer (1804-1872) on 29 January 1836 and they had a son. In 1846 he fouded L. Hachette and he contracted Emile Littré to publish a dictionary. In 1852 he created bookstalls in railway stations, selling travel guides and novels. In 1855 he founded "Le Journal pour tous". In 1863 he published the first volumes of Émile Littré's dictionary. He died in 1864 in Paris. |
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 The grave of Louis Hachette at the Cimetière Montparnasse, Paris. Picture by Androom (18 Feb 2016) |
Sources • Louis Hachette - Wikipedia (EN) |
