Edmond de Biéville explained

Edmond de Biéville
Birth Name:Charles-Henri-Étienne-Edmond Desnoyers de Biéville
Birth Place:30 May 1814
Occupation:Journalist, playwright

Edmond de Biéville, full name Charles-Henri-Étienne-Edmond Desnoyers de Biéville, (30 May 1814 [1] – 1 January 1880 [2]) was a French journalist and playwright.

The poet Fernand Desnoyers (1826-1869) was his brother.[3]

A student at the École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr in 1832, he made his debut in the vaudeville under the pseudonyme Edmond de Biéville [4]

He was responsible for writing the theatrical reports for the newspaper Le Siècle from 1856 until his death.

Works

Theatre

Bibliography

Notes and References

  1. http://canadp-archivesenligne.paris.fr/archives_etat_civil/avant_1860_fichiers_etat_civil_reconstitue/fecr_visu_img.php?registre=V3E_N_0722&type=ECRF&&bdd_en_cours=etat_civil_rec_fichiers&vue_tranche_debut=AD075ER_5MI20818_02203_C&vue_tranche_fin=AD075ER_5MI20818_02303_C&ref_histo=80567&cote=V3E/N%20722 Vue n°28
  2. http://canadp-archivesenligne.paris.fr/archives_etat_civil/1860_1902_actes/aec_visu_img.php?registre=V4E_03794&type=AEC&&bdd_en_cours=actes_ec_1871_1882&vue_tranche_debut=AD075EC_V4E_03794_0004&vue_tranche_fin=AD075EC_V4E_03794_0035&ref_histo=5718&cote=V4E%203794 Acte n° 31 (p.5)
  3. http://canadp-archivesenligne.paris.fr/archives_etat_civil/1860_1902_actes/aec_visu_img.php?registre=V4E_01899&type=AEC&&bdd_en_cours=actes_ec_1860_1870&vue_tranche_debut=AD075EC_V4E_01899_0094&vue_tranche_fin=AD075EC_V4E_01899_0124&ref_histo=14341&cote=V4E Acte de décès n° 2709 (p.1)
  4. Created from the name of his mother née Anne-Raison Leduc de Biéville. Although Edmond Biéville, unlike his brothers, had transmitted to his descendants the surname Desnoyers de Biéville, there is no official record of changing his birth name Desnoyers.