Charles-Edmond Duponchel (7 April 1804 – 13 February 1864) was a French military officer accountant, in which capacity he served in Spain and Algeria. In addition, he studied architecture. He has frequently been confused by later writers with his contemporary

Henri Duponchel Henri Duponchel (28 July 1794 – 8 April 1868) was in turn a French architect, interior designer, costume designer, stage designer, stage director, managing director of the Paris Opera, and a silversmith. He has often been confused with Charle ...

, at one time director of the

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, who also studied architecture and has often erroneously been referred to under Charles-Edmond Duponchel's name.

Biography

Charles-Edmond Duponchel was one of two sons of Marie-Joseph-Désirée Ravet and entomologist Philogène-Auguste Duponchel. In 1823 he entered the

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, where he studied with the architects Pierre-Théodore Bienaimé (1765–1826) and

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(1803–1872). He also joined the military in 1823 and served in the Spanish campaign that year. On 26 December 1855, he became a

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of the

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in recognition of his long career in military service. Charles-Edmond Duponchel authored a number of works which have been misattributed to the former director of the Opera. For instance, in 1860 he wrote several documents under the name Edmond Duponchel which concerned the relocation of the Paris Opera. In these he explained his reasoning and mentions that for practical advice he had gone to see "M. Duponchel enri Duponchel former director of the Opera and certainly the man most competent at this juncture in matters concerning theatre construction, considering that he is at the same time a great administrator and a great artist". He also prepared documents dealing with the Algerian question and proposals for barracks to accommodate troops, which have also been misattributed to the director of the Opera. Charles-Edmond's brother Auguste was chief medical officer of the

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. He edited and wrote an introduction for the 12-volume ''Nouvelle bibliothèque des voyages anciens et modernes contenant la relation complète ou analysée des voyages de Christophe Colomb, Fernand Cortez,...'', which was published in 1842. He died in October 1846 less than a year after the death of their father.See "Duponchel, Philogène..." and Smith & Duponchel 1842.

References

;Notes ;Sources * Delaire, E. (1907). ''1793–1907: Les Architectes élèves de l'école des Beaux-Arts'', second edition. Paris: Librairie de la Construction moderne
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. * Dion-Tenenbaum, Anne (1997)
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in ''Revue de l'Art'', vol 116, pp. 66–75. . * Duponchel, Edmond (1860a). ''Déplacement de l'Opéra. Contre-projet par Edmond Duponchel, chevalier de la Légion d'honneur''. Paris: Lévy fils
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at Gallica. * * Guest, Ivor (1956). ''Fanny Cerrito: The Life of a Romantic Ballerina''. London: Phoenix House. . * Guest, Ivor, editor (1981). ''Letters from a Ballet-Master: The Correspondence of Arthur Saint-Léon''. London: Dance Books. . * Huebner, Steven (1992). "Duponchel, Charles (Edmond)" in Sadie 1992, vol. 1, p. 1279. * Kelly, Thomas Forrest (2004). ''First Nights at the Opera''. New Haven: Yale University Press. . * Larousse, Pierre (1870). ''Grand dictionnaire universel du XIX^e siècle'', vol. 6. Paris
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'' (4 volumes). London: Macmillan. . * Smith, William; Duponchel, Augustin, editor (1842). ''Nouvelle bibliotheque des voyages anciens et modernes, contenant la relation complète ou analysee des voyages de Christophe Colomb, Fernand Cortez, Pizarre, Anson, Byron, Bougainville, Cook,...'' (12 volumes). Paris: P.Duménil.
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