Marcel Bouteron (3 August 1877, in
Le Mans
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– 9 July 1962, in
Vence) was a
French
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librarian and
literary historian
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, who specialized in
Balzac studies.
From 1901 he studied at the
École Nationale des Chartes in Paris, receiving the degree of ''archiviste paléographe'' in 1905. In 1934 he was named director of the Bibliothèque de l'Institut de France, and from 1941 served as inspector general of libraries and archives. In 1940 he became a member of the
Académie des sciences morales et politiques.
With Henri Longnon, he was editor of the complete works of Balzac, titled ''Œuvres complètes de Honoré de Balzac'' (40 volumes, 1912–40).
Œuvres complètes de Honoré de Balzac
HathiTrust Digital Library
References
1877 births
1962 deaths
French librarians
French literary historians
Members of the Académie des sciences morales et politiques
People from Le Mans
École Nationale des Chartes alumni
French male non-fiction writers
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