Clair Tisseur (27 January 1827, in Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon,

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– 30 September 1896, in Nyons,

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), was a French

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whose best known work is Église du Bon-Pasteur, a prominent

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church in the

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. He is also remembered as a

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, and

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who frequently published his writings under the

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Nizier du Puitspelu. Tisseur organized and mentored a cultural society in Lyon called ''L'Alme et Inclyte Académie du Gourguillon'', founded in 1879, that published numerous works during the Third Republic and into the 20th century. Members of the society included writers (Auguste Bleton,

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, Monseigneur Lavarenne), artists ( Pierre Combet-Descombes), and political leaders (Salles, Godard) who were active in Lyon. French

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Philippe Roger created a documentary film about Clair Tisseur entitled ''Clair l'obscur'' in 2000.

Works as architect

* City hall of the

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* Église Saint-Clair de Brignais, 1859-1862 in

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(Rhône), * Église Saint-Jean de Chabeuil, 1862 in

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(Drôme), * Église Saint-Claude de Tassin, 1866-1868 in Tassin-la-Demi-Lune (Rhône), * Église Saint-Martin d'Orliénas, Orliénas (Rhône), * Église Sainte-Blandine, 1863-1869 in the

, * Église du Bon-Pasteur, 1875-1883 in the

, * Église de Saint-Laurent-d'Agny, 1858 in

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(Rhône), * Église de Saint-Ferréol, in

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(Haute-Loire), * Several houses in the

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(Lyon).

Writings

Fascinated by the history of the city of Lyon, its culture, and its regional

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dialect, Claude Tisseur penned numerous newspapers articles, narrative writings, and scholarly language studies, as well as humorous works. These include ''Les vieilleries lyonnaises'' in 1879, ''Les oisivetés du sieur Puitspelu'' in 1883, ''Très humble traité de phonétique lyonnaise'' in 1885, and ''Les Coupons d'un atelier lyonnais'' published posthumously. ''Le Littré de la Grand'Côte'', his popular dictionary in Lyonnaise dialect first published in 1894 has been continuously in print for more than 100 years."Tout sur la langue des gones," ''Lyon Capitale'', N° 399, October 30, 2002 He also wrote the novel ''Histoire d'André'' in 1867, a large volume of poetry titled ''Pauca Paucis'' in 1889, and a collection of memoires he called ''Au hasard de la pensée'' in 1895.

References

External links

Clair Tisseur (1862), ''Sur un dictionnaire de philosophie de Frédéric Morin''
16 pp., at Google Books
Clair Tisseur (1867), ''Histoire d'André''
202 pp., (novel) at Google Books
Nizier du Puitspelu pseud. Clair Tisseur (1882), ''Un Nöel satirique en patois lyonnais''
72 pp., at Google Books
Nizier du Puitspelu pseud. Clair Tisseur (1885), ''Très humble essai de phonétique lyonnaise''
145 pp. at Google Books
Nizier du Puitspelu pseud. Clair Tisseur (1890), ''Dictionnaire étymologique du patois lyonnais''
470 pp., at Google Books
Nizier du Puitspelu pseud. Clair Tisseur (1891), ''Les vieilleries lyonnaises de Nizier du Puitspelu''
398 pp., at Google Books
Clair Tisseur (1894), ''Pauca paucis''
380 pp., (poetry) at Google Books
Clair Tisseur (1893), ''Modestes observations sur l'art de versifier''
355 pp., at Google Books {{DEFAULTSORT:Tisseur, Clair 1827 births 1896 deaths People from Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon 19th-century French architects French ecclesiastical architects French male writers