Georges Poisson (27 November 1924 – 14 May 2022) was a French art historian. Poisson was born in

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on 27 November 1924. A nephew of demographer

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, and journalist

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, Georges Poisson was the son of journalist Claude Salvy (Marie-Madeleine Sauvy). A curator of the at

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from 1948, Georges Poisson developed there the collections, created a documentation center, an educational service, organized exhibitions and concerts. At the same time, he carried out reorganization missions to the museums of

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(where the organization of the rooms was rethought,),

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, etc. He was the initiator of the gift of bibliophile André Desguines's library to the department of

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. A defender of monuments and sites, he led many successful campaigns: rescue, with

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, of the château de Monte-Cristo, restoration of the Great Perspective of Meudon, decisive actions at Chateaubriand's home in the (

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) and in that of

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. Poisson died on 14 May 2022, at the age of 97.

Publications

*1945: ''Normandie, terre meurtrie'', Paris, Compagnie des Arts Photomécaniques, 1945 *1950: ''Les musées de France'',

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", 1950 *1951: ''Sceaux, histoire et guide'', Paris, Éd. L'Indispensable, 1951 *1951: ''Guide du Touriste Lettré'', in collaboration with Pierre d'Espezel,

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, etc., Paris, Éd. Ch. Poisson *1952: ''Paris et ses environs'', in collaboration with René Mathieu, preface by

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, Éd. Nagel *1952: ''La vie parisienne vue par les peintres'', Paris, Éd. Nathan *1954: ''Urbanisme et architecture'', in collaboration, élanges publiés en l'honneur du professeur Lavedan">Lavedan.html" ;"title="élanges publiés en l'honneur du professeur Lavedan">élanges publiés en l'honneur du professeur Lavedan Paris, Éd. Laurens *1955: ''Lisieux et le pays d'Auge'', in collaboration with Patrice Boussel, Paris, Éditions du Centurion, series "Plaisir du voyage" *1955: ''La femme dans la peinture moderne'', Paris, Plon (publisher), Plon *1955: ''Les environs de Paris'', Paris, Éd. Hachette, series "Guides Bleus" *1956: ''Évocation du Grand Paris'', volume I, "La banlieue sud" Paris, Éditions de Minuit * ''Nièvre'', under the direction of , Paris, Éd. Kléber-Colombes *1958: ''Fontaines de Paris'', Éditions du Centurion *1958: ''Les peintres du rêve'', Plon *1958: ''Le Val de Marne'', () * ''La Principauté de Monaco'', Éditions du Centurion *1960: ''Évocation du Grand Paris'', volume II, "La banlieue Nord-Ouest", Éd. de Minuit *1962: ''Histoire souriante de Paris'', Éd. Berger et Levrault *1963: ''Les Châteaux de la Loire'', Éd. Larousse *1964: ''Napoléon et Paris'' *1965: ''Moyen Âge en Ile-de-France'',

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*1965: ''Pays du dimanche : Ile-de-France, 2 Sud'', Éd. Arts et Métiers graphiques *1966: ''Monuments de Paris'', with Georges Huisman, series "Guides Bleus", Éd. Hachette *1967: ''Histoire du Val d’Oise'', supplement to n° 5 of ''Bulletin d'Information de la Préfecture de Val d'Oise'' *1967: ''Promenades aux Châteaux de l’Ile-de-France'', Éd. André Balland *1968: ''Le Val de Marne, Art et Histoire'', Éd. de Minuit, (prix Toutain 1968; prix de l'Académie française).academie-francaise.fr
*1969: ''Saint-Simon'',

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*1973: ''De Maisons-sur-Seine à Maisons-Laffitte'' *1976: ''Les musées de France'', PUF, series "Que sais-je" *1977: ''Cette curieuse famille d’Orléans'' *1977: ''Donation André Dunoyer de Segonzac (1965)'', in collaboration with Maddy Ariès *1980: ''Histoire des grands boulevards'', (prix de l’Académie française) *1981: ''Histoire et histoires de Sceaux'', preface by

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*1981: ''À la recherche des châteaux perdus'', preface by Duchess de La Rochefoucauld *1982: ''Charenton-le-Pont, 5000 ans d’histoire'', preface by *1983: ''Dix siècles à Montfort l’Amaury'', in collaboration with M.H. Hadrot, preface by Jacques de Lacretelle, (prix Georges Goyau; prix de l’Académie française). *1984: ''L’Essonne dans la Seine-et-Oise d’autrefois'' *1985: ''Les Hauts-de-Seine, 60 ans avant leur naissance'' *1986: ''Choderlos de Laclos ou l'obstination'', Éd. Grasset et Fasquelle, (

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de la biographie) *1986: ''Le duc de Saint-Simon (seigneur de La Ferté-Vidame) et le Perche'', Éd. des *1987: ''La curieuse histoire du Vésinet'', preface by

*1987: ''Monsieur de Saint-Simon'', ( Henry Malherbe Prize) *1987: ''Monte-Cristo, un château de roman'', preface by Alain Decaux, Éd. Champflour, 122 p. *1988: ''L’Élysée, histoire d’un palais (de la marquise de Pompadour à Valéry Giscard d’Estaing)'', (prix Biguet; prix de l’Académie française). *1989: ''Paris au temps de la Révolution'' *1990: ''Guide des statues de Paris'', Éd. Hazan *1991: ''Guide des maisons d’Hommes célèbres'' *1992: ''Histoire de Saint-Maurice'' *1993: ''Rueil-Malmaison, quinze siècles d’histoire'' *1993: ''Les Chemins du Roi Soleil'' *1997: ''Histoire de l’architecture à Paris'' *1998: ''La Ferté-Vidame'', in collaboration with François Dugas du Villard, Michel Lallemand, Gérard Mabille and Philippe Siguret, Éd. des Amis du Perche *1999: ''Histoire de l’Élysée, de Madame de Pompadour à Jacques Chirac'', Éd. Perrin, *1999: ''La duchesse de Chevreuse'', Éd. Perrin, .chapitre.com
*1999: ''Dictionnaire des Monuments d’Ile-de-France'', preface by Jean-Paul Huchon, Éd. Hervas, (prix des Vieilles Maisons Françaises) *2001: ''Maintenon'', Éd. Norma *2002: ''Les Grands Travaux des Présidents de la Ve République : de Charles de Gaulle à Jacques Chirac'', Éd. Parigramme, 2002, 196 p. *2002: ''Napoléon Ier et Paris, l'empereur architecte'', Éd. Tallandier, Bibliothèque Napoléonienne, *2003: "Les soirées de Médan", ''Cahiers Rouges'' n°129 ola-Maupassant-Huysmans preface by Georges Poisson and Léon Hennique,

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*2004: ''Retour des cendres de Napoléon'', preface by

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, Éd. Tallandier *2006: ''Retour des cendres de l’Aiglon'', Éd. du Nouveau Monde, *2006: ''Les secrets de l'Élysée'', Éd. Timé, col. "Les plus belles histoires", *2007: ''Sacha Guitry entre en scène'', Éd. Timé, col. "Les plus belles histoires", *2007: ''Monsieur de Saint-Simon'', Éd. Nouveau Monde, *2009
''Combats pour le Patrimoine''
Éd. Pygmalion, *2009: ''Saint-Simon, Sceaux et l’Ile-de-France'', preface by Philippe Hourcade, Société Saint-Simon *2009: ''Le Comte de Chambord'', Éd. Pygmalion, *2010: ''L’Élysée : histoire d'un palais des origines à Sarkozy'', Éd. Pygmalion, *2013: ''La Grande histoire du Louvre'', Éd. Perrin, col. "Synthèses Économiques", *2014: ''Tel était Molière'',

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-Papiers,

Honours and titles

* Commandeur de la Légion d'honneur * Commandeur of the

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* Great medal of art history of the

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* ''honoris causa'' doctor of

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at Tokyo * Honorary President, co-founder of the Société Saint-Simon

References

External links

''Hommage à Michel Fleury, historien et archéologue à Paris''
5 August 2012, at .
Jean-François Suzanne, ''Hommage à Michel Fleury : une journée émouvante''
, sur le site des Amis du Perche, avec le partenariat de la ville de

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et de l'association de sauvegarde de l'église de Loisé
Interview de Georges Poisson à propos des maisons d'écrivains
on linternaute.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Poisson, Georges 1924 births 2022 deaths 20th-century French historians 21st-century French historians French biographers Cultural historians Directors of museums in France Lycée Louis-le-Grand alumni Commanders of the Legion of Honour Commandeurs of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres Prix Goncourt de la Biographie winners Writers from Düsseldorf