Louis Gabriel Montigny (3 December 1784 – 10 January 1846

Emmanuel Dupaty Louis Emmanuel Dupaty (31 July 1775 – 30 July 1851) was a French playwright, naval officer, chansonnier, journalist and administrator of the Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal. His brother was the sculptor Louis Dupaty. Works ;Theatre * ''Figaro, ...

, ''Discours prononcé par M. Emmanuel Dupaty aux funérailles de M. Louis-Gabriel Montigny, chef de bataillon en retraite'', 1846) was a 19th-century French

playwright A playwright or dramatist is a person who writes plays. Etymology The word "play" is from Middle English pleye, from Old English plæġ, pleġa, plæġa ("play, exercise; sport, game; drama, applause"). The word "wright" is an archaic English ...

and writer.

Short biography

Louis Gabriel was the son of Rémy Montigny, master perfumer and of Marie-Madeleine-Gabrielle Mignot, domiciled

rue Saint-Honoré The rue Saint-Honoré is a street in the 1st arrondissement of Paris, France. It is named after the collegial situated in ancient times within the cloisters of Saint-Honoré. The street, on which are located a number of museums and upscale bou ...

. He married Julie-Celestine Massiet 18 July 1825 in Montron, (Aisne). An officer in the military, director of the ''Moniteur de l'armée'', he became a journalist and a dramatist. His

plays Play most commonly refers to: * Play (activity), an activity done for enjoyment * Play (theatre), a work of drama Play may refer also to: Computers and technology * Google Play, a digital content service * Play Framework, a Java framework * Pla ...

were presented on the most important parisians stages of the 19th century, including the Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin, the

Théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique The Théâtre de l’Ambigu-Comique (, literally, Theatre of the Comic-Ambiguity), a former Parisian theatre, was founded in 1769 on the boulevard du Temple immediately adjacent to the Théâtre de Nicolet. It was rebuilt in 1770 and 1786, but in ...

, and the Théâtre de la Gaîté. He is buried at

Montmartre Cemetery The Cemetery of Montmartre (french: link=no, Cimetière de Montmartre) is a cemetery in the 18th arrondissement of Paris, France, that dates to the early 19th century. Officially known as the Cimetière du Nord, it is the third largest necropolis ...

, 22nd division, with his wife who died 15 January 1879 in the

16th arrondissement of Paris The 16th arrondissement of Paris (''XVIe arrondissement'') is one of the 20 arrondissements of the capital city of France. In spoken French, this arrondissement is referred to as ''seizième''. The arrondissement includes part of the Arc de T ...

, his daughter Marie-Louise-Delphine de Montigny (1826-1897), and his son in law, general Joseph-Augustin-Eugène Daguerre (1814-1879). The grave is to the right of the tomb of the painter

Gustave Moreau Gustave Moreau (; 6 April 1826 – 18 April 1898) was a French artist and an important figure in the Symbolist movement. Jean Cassou called him "the Symbolist painter par excellence".Cassou, Jean. 1979. ''The Concise Encyclopedia of Symbolism.' ...

, facing l'avenue du Tunnel.

Works

*1821: ''Les Français en cantonnement, ou la Barbe postiche'',

vaudeville Vaudeville (; ) is a theatrical genre of variety entertainment born in France at the end of the 19th century. A vaudeville was originally a comedy without psychological or moral intentions, based on a comical situation: a dramatic composition ...

in 1 act *1822: ''Mon cousin Lalure'', comedy in 1 act, en prose *1823: ''Fragments d'un miroir brisé, anecdotes contemporaines (françaises et anglaises), traits de morale et d'observation, esquisses de mœurs, revue des usages, aperçus philosophiques, réflexions, remarques, bons mots et réparties'' *1824: ''Dix aventures de garnison : le Chirurgien improvisé, le Moderne Joseph, Histoire d'une jolie comtesse, la Fille du pasteur de Neustadt, la Morale à la hussarde, Athénaïs, la Belle inconnue, la Soubrette, Une aventure tragique, les Trois duels'' *1824: ''Le Troubadour étique'', romance *1825: ''Le Provincial à Paris'', esquisses des mœurs parisiennes, 3 vols. *1825 ''Le Carnaval, ou les Figures de cire'', folie-parade-vaudeville en 1 act *1825: ''La Chaise de poste'',

melodrama A modern melodrama is a dramatic work in which the plot, typically sensationalized and for a strong emotional appeal, takes precedence over detailed characterization. Melodramas typically concentrate on dialogue that is often bombastic or exces ...

in 2 acts, with Saint-Amand *1825: ''Les Girouettes de village'', comedy in 1 act, mingled with

couplets A couplet is a pair of successive lines of metre in poetry. A couplet usually consists of two successive lines that rhyme and have the same metre. A couplet may be formal (closed) or run-on (open). In a formal (or closed) couplet, each of the ...

, with Saint-Amand *1825: ''La Dot et la Fille, ou le Commis marchand'', comedy in 1 act, mingled with couplets, with

W. Lafontaine W. Lafontaine (10 July 1796 in Moscow – 1859 in the 10th arrondissement of Paris) was a 19th-century French playwright. Biography This was probably the pseudonym of Jean Baptiste Joseph Lafontaine who made himself called "Wanincka" (short for ...

*1826: ''Le Commis-voyageur, ou le Bal et la Saisie'', comédie-vaudeville en 1 act *1826: ''Mon ami de Paris, ou le Retour en province'', comedy in 1 act, mingled with couplets *1827: ''Le Café de la garnison'', vaudeville in 1 act, mingled with couplets *1827: ''Les Cavaliers et les Fantassins'', tableau militaire in 1 act *1827: ''Le Colonel Duvar, fils naturel de Napoléon, publié d'après les Mémoires d'un contemporain'' *1827: ''Le Mari de toutes les femmes'', comédie-vaudeville in 1 act *1828: ''La Nourrice sur lieu'', scènes de famille, mingled with couplets, with

Armand-François Jouslin de La Salle Armand-François Jouslin de La Salle, (15 September 1794 – 1 July 1863) was a French lawyer, journalist, dramatist and theatre director. Jouslin de La Salle was administrator of the Comédie-Française from 1832 to 1837, and then of the théâ ...

Théodore Nézel Théodore Nézel (25 February 1799 – 23 May 1854) was a 19th-century French playwright and librettist. An employee at the ministry of public instruction, he was appointed managing director of the Théâtre du Panthéon in 1838. His plays, ofte ...

and

Jean-Gilbert Ymbert Jean-Gilbert Ymbert (6 January 1786 – 9 August 1846) was a French playwright of the first half of the 19th century. Master of request at the conseil d'État and conseiller général for the Aisne department, he wrote satirical pieces and vau ...

*1833: ''Souvenirs anecdotiques d'un officier de la Grande Armée'' * ''Quinze jours à Prague''

Bibliography

Ludovic Lalanne Ludovic Lalanne (23 April 1815, Paris – 16 May 1898, Paris) was a French historian and librarian. The engineer and politician Léon Lalanne (1811–1892) was his brother. Biography Lalanne was a student at the lycée Louis-le-Grand and late ...

, ''Dictionnaire historique de la France'', 1872, * Camille Dreyfus, André Berthelot, ''La Grande encyclopédie'', 1886,

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Louis Gabriel Montigny
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