Jean Auguste Margueritte (15 January 1823 – 6 September 1870), French General, father of

Victor Margueritte Victor Margueritte (1 December 186623 March 1942) was a French novelist. He was the younger brother of Paul Margueritte (1860–1918). Life He and his brother were born in Algeria. They were the sons of General Jean Auguste Margueritte (1 ...

and

Paul Margueritte Paul Margueritte (20 February 1860 – 29 December 1918) was a French amateur mime who wrote several pantomimes, most notably ''Pierrot assassin de sa femme'' (Théâtre de Valvins, 1881) and, in collaboration with Fernand Beissier, ''Colombine ...

. After a career in

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, General Margueritte was mortally wounded in the great cavalry charge at Sedan, in which the

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was defeated and captured. He died in

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. An account of his life was published by his son,

as ''Mon père'' (1884; enlarged ed., 1897). The

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is named in his honour, being given the binomial name ''Felis margarita''.

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