Paul Cottin (5 June 1856 – 22 February 1932) was a French writer, historian and a scientific editor of historical and literary documents.

Biography

He was the son of a Parisian notary and nephew of François Augustin Cottin, state advisor of the

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(whose daughter married

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), he became, in 1881, librarian and curator of the

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of the Pavillon de l'Arsenal, after

José-Maria de Heredia José-Maria de Heredia (22 November 1842 – 3 October 1905) was a Cuban-born French Parnassian poet. He was the fifteenth member elected for seat 4 of the Académie française in 1894. Biography Early years Heredia was born at Fortuna ...

. In 1895, on the death of its then owner, Édouard Dumont. the so-called '' Pelletan heart'', allegedly that of the boy

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, was given by Dumont's cousin, Paul Cottin, to

Carlos, Duke of Madrid ''Don'' Carlos de Borbón y Austria-Este (Spanish: ''Carlos María de los Dolores Juan Isidro José Francisco Quirico Antonio Miguel Gabriel Rafael''; French: ''Charles Marie des Douleurs Jean Isidore Joseph François Cyr Antoine Michel Gabriel R ...

. In 1909, it passed to

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, and later to his daughter, the princess Béatrice Massimo, and finally in 1938, to the princess

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heir to the throne of France. Paul Cottin was the father of

Claude de Cambronne Claude de Cambronne (23 October 1905 – 31 January 1993) was a French businessman. Early life He studied at the École nationale supérieure de l'aéronautique et de l'espace (Sup'Aéro), learnt how to fly to polar explorer, Paul-Émile Vict ...

and Marie-Thérèse Cottin, future countess Lacroix de Vimeur de Rochambeau. His granddaughter

Laurence de Cambronne Laurence de Cambronne (born 1 May 1951, Casablanca, Morocco) is a French journalist, novelist and humanitarian. Biography Family and formation Descendant of Arnouph Deshayes de Cambronne and Paul Cottin on her father's side and of Ernest P ...

was the editor-in-chief of ''

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'' magazine and his great-granddaughter

Camille Cottin Camille Cottin (; born 1 December 1978) is a French actress and comedian. Following her debut as a stage actress, she became known in 2013 for playing a capricious Parisian woman in the Canal+ hidden camera-sketches series ''Connasse'' (2013–20 ...

is an actress.

Bibliography

Forewords

* Foreword of ''Mes Inscripcions. Journal intime de

Restif de la Bretonne Nicolas Restif de la Bretonne, born Nicolas-Edme Rétif or Nicolas-Edme Restif (; 23 October 1734 – 3 February 1806), also known as Rétif, was a French novelist. The term '' retifism'' for shoe fetishism was named after him (an early nov ...

(1780–1787)'' * Foreword of '' Jasseron. 2000 ans d'histoire'' * Foreword of ''Sophie de Monnier et Mirabeau d'après leur correspondance secrète inédite (1775–1789)'' * Foreword of ''Toulon et les Anglais en 1793, d'après des documents inédits''

Reviews

* ''Revue Rétrospective'', publication fondée et dirigée par Paul Cottin de 1884 à 1904

Books

* ''Mémoires du sergent Bourgogne 1812–1813'' * ''L'Angleterre devant ses alliés 1793–1814'' * ''Manuscrits de la bibliothèque '' * ''Correspondance – Documents concernant

Musset Alfred Louis Charles de Musset-Pathay (; 11 December 1810 – 2 May 1857) was a French dramatist, poet, and novelist.His names are often reversed "Louis Charles Alfred de Musset": see "(Louis Charles) Alfred de Musset" (bio), Biography.com, 2007 ...

'' * ''Guide des Archives de l'

Ain Ain (, ; frp, En) is a department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in Eastern France. Named after the Ain river, it is bordered by the Saône and Rhône rivers. Ain is located on the country's eastern edge, on the Swiss border, where ...

'' * ''Journal Inedit du Duc de Croy, 1718–1784 V1'' (introduction d'

Emmanuel de Grouchy Emmanuel de Grouchy, 2nd Marquis of Grouchy (; 23 October 176629 May 1847) was a French general and Marshal of the Empire. Biography Grouchy was born in Condécourt (Val d'Oise), Château de Villette, the son of François-Jacques de Grouchy, 1 ...

, 1906) * ''Le livre du XXe, catéchisme social et politique, 1er chapitre'' * ''Sophie de Monnier et Mirabeau d'après leur correspondance secrète inédite (1775–1789)'' * ''Toulon et les anglais en 1793'' (1897) * ''Rapports Inédits du Lieutenant de Police René d'Argenson (1697–1715)'' * ''Un Protégé de Bachaumont : Correspondance Inédite du Marquis d'Éguilles (1745–1748)'' * ''Lorédan Larchey, (1831–1902)'' * ''Positivisme et anarchie – Auguste Comte-Littré-Taine'' * ''Journal inédit de Mme Moitte, femme de Jean Guillaume Moitte, statuaire, membre de l'Académie des beaux-arts, (1805–1807)''

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