Louis-Séraphin Maynard (17 September 1871 – 26 August 1940) was a French writer and regional historian.

Biography

Maynard was born in

Lyon Lyon,, ; Occitan: ''Lion'', hist. ''Lionés'' also spelled in English as Lyons, is the third-largest city and second-largest metropolitan area of France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of t ...

and completed his classical studies at Lycée Ampère in the city before going on to the faculty of law. He obtained his PhD in law and enrolled at the bar, but worked in the insurance industry, first in Lyon and then in

Montpellier Montpellier (, , ; oc, Montpelhièr ) is a city in southern France near the Mediterranean Sea. One of the largest urban centres in the region of Occitania (administrative region), Occitania, Montpellier is the prefecture of the Departments of ...

. On his return to

Villeurbanne Villeurbanne (; frp, Velorbana) is a commune in the Metropolis of Lyon in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in eastern France. It is situated northeast of Lyon, with which it forms the heart of the second-largest metropolitan area in France after tha ...

, he created the library in the new town hall in 1930. He was a scholar and passionate about the

history of Lyon Lyon is a city in the south of France. The area has been inhabited since prehistoric times and was one of the most important cities of the Roman Empire, ''Lugdunum''. After the Battle of Lugdunum (197) the city never fully recovered, and Lyon was ...

and wrote numerous notices on the history of the city as well as chronicles in reviews of history, and interventions on Radio-Lyon. Maynard is known for several books and notices on the history of Lyon, including ''Histoire, légendes et anecdotes à propos des rues de Lyon, avec indication de ce qu'on peut y remarquer en les parcourant'' (Éditions des Traboules, original edition 1922, several reissues) and ''Dictionnaire des Lyonnaiseries''. He died in Lyon in 1940.

External links

Cover of the 1922 original edition of Rues de Lyon

Louis Maynard
on data.bnf.fr {{DEFAULTSORT:Maynard, Louis 19th-century French historians 20th-century French historians University of Lyon alumni French librarians 1871 births Writers from Lyon 1940 deaths