Antoine de Saporta (26 July 1855 – 14 April 1914) was a French aristocrat and non-fiction writer.

Biography

Early life

Antoine de Saporta was born on July 26, 1855, in

Aix-en-Provence Aix-en-Provence (, , ; oc, label= Provençal, Ais de Provença in classical norm, or in Mistralian norm, ; la, Aquae Sextiae), or simply Aix ( medieval Occitan: ''Aics''), is a city and commune in southern France, about north of Marseille. ...

. He was a member of the Provençal nobility. His father,

Gaston de Saporta Gaston de Saporta (28 July 1823 – 26 January 1895) was a French aristocrat, palaeobotanist and non-fiction writer. Biography Early life (Louis Charles Joseph) Gaston de Saporta born in the Château de Montvert in Saint-Zacharie, Var, on July ...

(1823-1895), was a renowned botanist. He grew up in the

Hôtel Boyer de Fonscolombe The Hôtel Boyer de Fonscolombe is a listed hôtel particulier in Aix-en-Provence. It houses the ''Institut de Management Public et Gouvernance Territoriale'' of Aix-Marseille University. Location It is located 21, Rue Gaston de Saporta (formerly ...

, a listed

hôtel particulier An ''hôtel particulier'' () is a grand townhouse, comparable to the Townhouse (Great Britain), British townhouse or mansion. Whereas an ordinary ''maison'' (house) was built as part of a row, sharing party walls with the houses on either side an ...

at 21 Rue Gaston de Saporta in

Career

He wrote several books, mostly about wine. He also wrote many articles for ''

La Nature ''La Nature'' (English: ''Nature'') was a French language magazine aimed at the popularization of science established in 1873 by French scientist and adventurer Gaston Tissandier. The magazine also received an enormous amount of time, effort, a ...

'', ''

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'' and ''

Revue des deux Mondes The ''Revue des deux Mondes'' (, ''Review of the Two Worlds'') is a monthly French-language literary, cultural and current affairs magazine that has been published in Paris since 1829. According to its website, "it is today the place for debates a ...

''.

Death

He died on April 14, 1914, in

Montpellier Montpellier (, , ; oc, Montpelhièr ) is a city in southern France near the Mediterranean Sea. One of the largest urban centres in the region of Occitania (administrative region), Occitania, Montpellier is the prefecture of the Departments of ...

Bibliography

*''Aurores boréales'' (1885). *''La Chimie des vins : les vins naturels, les vins manipulés et falsifiés'' (1889). *''Les Théories et les notations de la chimie moderne'' (1889). *''Le Congrès viticole de Montpellier'' (1893). *''La Vigne et le vin dans le midi de la France'' (1894). *''Physique et chimie viticoles'' (1899). *''Traité de viticulture théorie et pratique'' (1899). *''Les corps simples de la chimie''. *''Les Artifices de toilette, les fards. Cheveux teints et postiches. Les artifices de toilette sur la scène''.Google Books
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References

Provencal nobility 1855 births 1914 deaths People from Aix-en-Provence French male non-fiction writers French science writers Wine chemistry {{France-nonfiction-writer-stub