General Jean Baptiste Marie Edouard Campenon (5 May 1819,
Tonnerre – 16 March 1891,
Neuilly-sur-Seine
Neuilly-sur-Seine (; 'Neuilly-on-Seine'), also known simply as Neuilly, is an urban Communes of France, commune in the Hauts-de-Seine Departments of France, department just west of Paris in France. Immediately adjacent to the city, north of the ...
) was a French general and politician.
Life
He studied at the
École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr
The École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr (, , abbr. ESM) is a French military academy, and is often referred to as Saint-Cyr (). It is located in Coëtquidan in Guer, Morbihan, Brittany. Its motto is ''Ils s'instruisent pour vaincre'', litera ...
, graduating on 1 October 1840 as a
sous-lieutenant. He took part in the
Crimean War
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, the
French conquest of Algeria
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, campaigns in China and the
Franco-Prussian War
The Franco-Prussian War or Franco-German War, often referred to in France as the War of 1870, was a conflict between the Second French Empire and the North German Confederation led by the Kingdom of Prussia. Lasting from 19 July 1870 to 28 Janua ...
. A friend of
Gambetta, he was minister for war several times in 1881, then in 1883 and 1885. He then became a
sénateur inamovible. He also secretly translated ''
The Perfumed Garden''.
Bibliography
* G. Vapereau, «Campenon, Jean Baptiste Marie Edouard » in ''Dictionnaire Universel Des Contemporains'', Paris : Hachette, 1880. (p. 10)
1819 births
1891 deaths
People from Tonnerre, Yonne
Ministers of war of France
French generals
French life senators
Politicians of the French Third Republic
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