Jean Edeline
Vicar General of the Bishop of Chartres, canon and prior of Chartres Cathedral, chamberlain (1556-1672).
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Vicar General of the Bishop of Chartres, canon and prior of Chartres Cathedral, chamberlain (1556-1672).
Naturalist and antiquarian, also a great collector of autographs – his collection is now in the British Museum.
A utopian philanthropist and leader of the Saint-Simonian school, he founded a model community in Ménilmontant with forty disciples.
As a numismatist, he has published numerous reference works, including, with Raymond Serrure, a Treatise on the Numismatics of the Middle Ages and a Treatise on Modern and Contemporary Numismatics.
Director of the Niederbronn forges and later deputy for Bas-Rhin in the Constituent Assembly, he had acquired great popularity among the workers to whom he provided free courses.
Philanthropist, pioneer of specialized education for the deaf.
Shipowner, merchant, collector, and art critic. He was an editor at the "Bulletin bibliographique," the "Courrier de Nantes," and the "Phare de la Loire." A collector of gold and silver work, he was a specialist in Maghreb jewelry.
A notary's clerk and then a lawyer, Falampin was also one of the founders of L'Illustration, with Paulin, and the businessman and solicitor of George Sand, from 1841 to 1852.
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