Pierre Jérôme Honoré Daumet (23 October 1826, Paris – 12 December 1911, Paris) was a French architect.

Biography

Daumet was the winner of the

Prix de Rome The Prix de Rome () or Grand Prix de Rome was a French scholarship for arts students, initially for painters and sculptors, that was established in 1663 during the reign of Louis XIV of France. Winners were awarded a bursary that allowed them t ...

in 1855, and in 1861 conducted a treasure-hunting expedition to Macedonia at the request of

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, accompanying the archaeologist

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. On his return he married the daughter of architect Charles-Auguste Questel. Daumet founded his own atelier which would produce nine further Grand Prix winners, Charles-Louis Girault chief among them, and attracted a number of foreign students such as

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and Austin W. Lord. In 1908 Daumet won the

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of the

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Works

Major work includes: * Extension and western front of the Palais de Justice in Paris, 1857–1868, with

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* Reconstruction of the

Château de Chantilly The Château de Chantilly () is a historic French château located in the town of Chantilly, Oise, about 50 kilometres (30 miles) north of Paris. The site comprises two attached buildings: the Petit Château built around 1560 for Anne de Montmor ...

, 1875–1882 * Basilique du Sacré-Cœur, Paris, 1884-1886 (Daumet was the first of five successive architects who completed the building after the death of

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) * Grenoble, Palais de Justice, Palais des Facultés

References

*''This article is based on the equivalent article from the

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, consulted on June 7, 2008.'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Daumet, Honore Architects from Paris 1826 births 1911 deaths 19th-century French architects 20th-century French architects Prix de Rome for architecture Recipients of the Royal Gold Medal École des Beaux-Arts alumni Members of the Académie des beaux-arts Members of the French School at Athens