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Charles-Edouard Isabelle (1800–1880) was a French

architect An architect is a person who plans, designs and oversees the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to provide services in connection with the design of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the buildings that h ...

Life

Isabelle studied at the

Beaux-Arts de Paris The Beaux-Arts de Paris is a French ''grande école'' whose primary mission is to provide high-level arts education and training. This is classical and historical School of Fine Arts in France. The art school, which is part of the Paris Sciences ...

between 1818 and 1824 with

Achille Leclère Achille-François-René Leclère (29 October 1785 – 23 December 1853) was a French architect and teacher of architecture. Achille Leclère studied architecture under Charles Percier and Jean-Nicolas-Louis Durand. After finishing his stud ...

. In 1828 he was inspector of works at the Madeleine church in Paris. Isabelle taught architecture at the School of Arts and Crafts of

Châlons-en-Champagne Châlons-en-Champagne () is a city in the Grand Est region of France. It is the capital of the department of Marne, despite being only a quarter the size of the city of Reims. Formerly called Châlons-sur-Marne, the city was officially renam ...

between 1845 and 1880. He was appointed Architect of

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. He became officer of the Legion of Honor (1862).

Works

* Rouen Customs House (1835 – 1842) (destroyed in 1944) * School of Arts and Crafts of Angers (enlargements) (1855-1877) * Baths of

Plombières Plombières (; german: Bleyberg or ''Bleiberg'', nl, Blieberg; wa, So-on-Mont-d'-Plomb) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Liège, Belgium. On 1 January 2006, Plombières had a total population of 10,401. The total are ...

(1869) * Beziers Theater * Tomb of

David d'Angers Pierre-Jean David (12 March 1788 – 4 January 1856) was a French sculptor, medalist and active freemason.Initiated in ""Le Père de famille"" Lodge in Angers He adopted the name David d'Angers, following his entry into the studio of the painte ...

in Paris * Tomb of Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire in Paris * Tomb of François Adrien Boieldieu in Rouen 1800 births 1880 deaths 19th-century French architects {{France-architect-stub