Georges Azéma (died May 9, 1864) was a French historian from

Réunion Réunion (; french: La Réunion, ; previously ''Île Bourbon''; rcf, label= Reunionese Creole, La Rényon) is an island in the Indian Ocean that is an overseas department and region of France. It is located approximately east of the island ...

. Son of the writer Étienne Azéma and brother to the doctor Mazaé Azéma, his son

Henri Henri is an Estonian, Finnish, French, German and Luxembourgish form of the masculine given name Henry (given name), Henry. People with this given name ; French noblemen :'' See the 'List_of_rulers_named_Henry#France, List of rulers named Henry ...

was also a doctor; his grandfather Jean-Baptiste Azéma had briefly served as

governor of Réunion A governor is an administrative leader and head of a polity or political region, ranking under the head of state and in some cases, such as governors-general, as the head of state's official representative. Depending on the type of political ...

; other relatives include the poet

Jean-Henri Azéma Jean-Henri Azéma, called Jean Azéma (28 December 1913 – 13 October 2000) was a French poet of Réunionnais origin. Born in Saint-Denis, he died in Buenos Aires, where he had fled after collaborating with the Nazis during World War II. His s ...

and the historian

Jean-Pierre Azéma Jean-Pierre Azéma (born 1937) is a French historian. Azéma is a member of the scientific counsel for the Institut François Mitterrand, an organisation founded by François Mitterrand with the goal of "contributing to the propagation of knowled ...

References

*''Le dictionnaire biographique de La Réunion'', Sabine Deglise, Brigitte Hock-Koon, Raymonde Kissel, Michel Verguin et Mario Serviable, 1998. 1864 deaths 19th-century French historians Writers from Réunion Year of birth unknown People from Réunion of French descent French male writers {{Réunion-bio-stub