The Lycée Lamartine is a French institute of secondary education in the

9th arrondissement of Paris The 9th arrondissement of Paris (''IXe arrondissement'') is one of the 20 arrondissements of the capital city of France. In spoken French, it is referred to as (; "ninth"). The arrondissement, called Opéra, is located on the right bank of th ...

. It combines a ''collège'', a ''lycée'', and a ''

Classe préparatoire aux grandes écoles The ''Classes préparatoires aux grandes écoles'' (, ''Higher school preparatory classes'', abbr. CPGE), commonly called ''classes prépas'' or ''prépas'', are part of the French post-secondary education system. They consist of two years of s ...

'' (prep school for the ''

Grandes écoles Grandes may refer to: *Agustín Muñoz Grandes, Spanish general and politician * Banksia ser. Grandes, a series of plant species native to Australia * Grandes y San Martín, a municipality located in the province of Ávila, Castile and León, Spain ...

''). The school is named for the 19th-century writer

Alphonse de Lamartine Alphonse Marie Louis de Prat de Lamartine (; 21 October 179028 February 1869) was a French author, poet, and statesman. Initially a moderate royalist, he became one of the leading critics of the July Monarchy of Louis-Philippe, aligning more w ...

History

The ''lycée'' was founded in 1893 in a former

folly In architecture, a folly is a building constructed primarily for decoration, but suggesting through its appearance some other purpose, or of such extravagant appearance that it transcends the range of usual garden buildings. Eighteenth-cent ...

owned by

Pierre Beauchamps Pierre Beauchamp or Beauchamps (; 30 October 1631 – February 1705) was a French choreographer, dancer and composer, and the probable inventor of Beauchamp–Feuillet notation. His grand-father was called Christophe (a musician) and his fa ...

. Some parts of the current building date from a renovation done in 1740 by

Jacques Hardouin-Mansart de Sagonne Jacques Hardouin-Mansart de Sagonne (26 July 1711, Paris - 27 September 1778, Paris) was a French architect. He was the illegitimate son of Jacques Hardouin-Mansart, comte de Sagonne, by his mistress Madeleine Duguesny - Jacques and Madeleine marr ...

; the panelling in one of the ancient rooms is designated a National Heritage. The national department of education acquired the building in 1891 and turned it into a ''lycée'' for girls. In 1914, a

baccalauréat The ''baccalauréat'' (; ), often known in France colloquially as the ''bac'', is a French national academic qualification that students can obtain at the completion of their secondary education (at the end of the ''lycée'') by meeting certain ...

in science was first awarded; one of the students receiving it,

Jeanne Lévy Jeanne Louise Lévy (5 November 1895 – 1 July 1993) was a French pharmacologist and communist. Originally studying chemistry, she published a monograph on bioassays, '' Essais et dosages biologiques des substances médicamenteuses'', in 1930. A ...

, became the first woman professor at the medical school of the

University of Paris The University of Paris (), known Metonymy, metonymically as the Sorbonne (), was the leading university in Paris, France, from 1150 to 1970, except for 1793–1806 during the French Revolution. Emerging around 1150 as a corporation associated wit ...

, in 1934. The directrice from 1917 to 1919 was Marguerite Canon, an educator who also directed two other Parisian schools, the Lycée Jules-Ferry (1919-1922) and the Lycée Fénelon (1922-1930). From June to August 1940 the school provided for the many refugees fleeing the

German German(s) may refer to: * Germany, the country of the Germans and German things **Germania (Roman era) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language ** For citizenship in Germany, see also Ge ...

advance. During the war, dozens of the school's

Jewish Jews (, , ), or the Jewish people, are an ethnoreligious group and nation, originating from the Israelites of History of ancient Israel and Judah, ancient Israel and Judah. They also traditionally adhere to Judaism. Jewish ethnicity, rel ...

students were deported. In the 1960s the entrance exam was dropped and combined with the population increase resulting from the

baby boom A baby boom is a period marked by a significant increase of births. This demography, demographic phenomenon is usually an ascribed characteristic within the population of a specific nationality, nation or culture. Baby booms are caused by various ...

the number of students at the school increased greatly. An adjoining building was annexed. During the unrest of the

May 1968 events in France May 68 () was a period of widespread protests, strikes, and civil unrest in France that began in May 1968 and became one of the most significant social uprisings in modern European history. Initially sparked by student demonstrations agains ...

, the students managed to rewrite the old student regulations, which were deemed too strict.

Notable students

Stéphane Audran Stéphane Audran (born Colette Suzanne Jeannine Dacheville; 8 November 1932 – 27 March 2018) was a French film actress. She was known for her performances in the films of her husband Claude Chabrol, including '' Les Biches'' (1968) and '' Le Bou ...

* Jeanne Galzy, whose novel ''

Burnt Offering A holocaust is a religious animal sacrifice that is completely consumed by fire, also known as a burnt offering. The word derives from the ancient Greek ''holokaustos'', the form of sacrifice in which the victim was reduced to ash, as distingui ...

'' contains a school based on the ''Lycée'' *

Marie Laurencin Marie Laurencin (31 October 1883 – 8 June 1956) was a French painter and printmaker. She became an important figure in the Parisian avant-garde as a member of the Cubists associated with the Section d'Or. Biography Laurencin was born in Par ...

Dina Lévi-Strauss Dina Dreyfus (French: ʁɛˈfys, also known as Dina Levi-Strauss (French: evi stʁos 1 February 1911, in Milan – 25 February 1999, in Paris), was a French ethnologist, anthropologist, sociologist, and philosopher, who conducted cultural res ...

In fiction

* Barbara Corrado Pope's '' The Missing Italian Girl'' (2013) is set at the Lycée.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lycee Lamartine 1893 establishments in France Educational institutions established in 1893 Buildings and structures in the 9th arrondissement of Paris

History

Notable students

In fiction

Further reading

References