Henri-Camille Marcel called Henry Marcel, (25 November 1854 – 6 March 1926) was a 19th–20th-century French senior official, general administrator of the Bibliothèque nationale de France from 1905 to 1913. In October 1903, he succeeded

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at the head of the

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of Paris. In 1905, he was appointed general administrator of the Bibliothèque nationaleLes directeurs de la Bibliothèque nationale
, BNF, 2004, (p. 10). after

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. In May 1913, he became head of the

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, until 1919. In February 1899, he married Laure Meyer (first daughter of banker Maurice Meyer) with whom he had a son, philosopher and playwright

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. After Laure's premature death, he married Berthe Meyer, sister of the former.

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