Jean Pierre Edmond Jurien de La Gravière (19 November 1812 in

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, Finistère5 March 1892) was a French admiral, son of Admiral

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, who served through the

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and

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and was a peer of France under

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Biography

He entered the navy in 1827, was made a commander in 1841, and captain in 1850. During the

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he commanded a ship in the

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. He was promoted to be rear-admiral on 1 December 1855, and appointed to the command of a squadron in the

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in 1859, when he absolutely sealed the

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n ports with a close blockade. In October 1861 he was appointed to command the squadron in the

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, and two months later the expedition against

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. On 15 January 1862 he was promoted to be vice-admiral. During the Franco-Prussian War of 1870 he had command of the French

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fleet, and in 1871 he was appointed director of charts. As having commanded in chief before the enemy, the age-limit was waived in his favor, and he was continued on the active list. Jurien died on 4 March 1892. He was an author of voluminous works on naval history and biography, most of which first appeared in the ''Revue des deux mondes''. Among the most noteworthy of these are ''Guerres maritimes sous la république et sous l’empire'', which was translated by Lord Dunsany under the title of ''Sketches of the Last Naval War'' (1848); ''La Marine d'autrefois'' (1865), largely autobiographical; and ''La Marine d'aujourd'hui'' (1872). In 1866 he was elected a member of the Academy.

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Notes References Bibliography * Works * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Jurien, Edmond, de la Graviere 1812 births 1892 deaths French Navy officers from Brest, France French Navy admirals Members of the Académie Française Members of the French Academy of Sciences Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour