Hermance Lesguillon Explained

Hermance Lesguillon
Birth Name:Hermance Lasdrin
Birth Date:1800
Birth Place:Paris
Death Date:29 September 1882
Death Place:Paris
Occupation:Novelist, poet
Spouse:Jean-Pierre Lesguillon

Hermance Lesguillon, née Lasdrin (1800 – 29 September 1882) was a 19th-century French poet and novelist. She used the synonyms Madame Hermance and Hermance Sandrin.[1]

She was the wife of Jean-Pierre Lesguillon (1800–1873), and like him, she produced verse and many novels.[2]

She survived her husband by several years and when she died, she bequeathed most of her fortune to the Société des gens de lettres (Society of People of Letters of France).She is buried with her husband at Père Lachaise Cemetery (49th division).[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Lesguillon. BnF. fr.
  2. [Gustave Vapereau]
  3. Jules Moiroux, Le cimetière du Père Lachaise (p. 230)