Mary Summer (1842–1902) was the pseudonym used by French writer and historian Marie Filon, who was recognized for her orientalist studies and her novels, as well as for being the wife of the renowned

Tibetologist Tibetology () refers to the study of things related to Tibet, including its history, religion, language, culture, politics and the collection of Tibetan articles of historical, cultural and religious significance. The last may mean a collection of ...

Philippe Édouard Foucaux.Mossop, D. J. (1976). Mallarmé’s “Quelle soie...” and “M’introduire dans ton histoire.” ''The Modern Language Review'', ''71''(4), 779–787.

Biography

Marie Filon was the youngest daughter born to French historian,

Charles Auguste Désiré Filon Charles Auguste Désiré Filon (1800–1875) was a French historian. He became professor of history at Douai, at École normale supérieure École or Ecole may refer to: * an elementary school in the French educational stages normally followe ...

, and Marie Théodorine Sandrie-des-Fosses whom he had married on 25 August 1828. The couple had three children: François Gabriel (born 1835), Pierre-Marie Augustin Filon (1841–1916) and young Marie. Pierre-Marie Augustin, later known simply as Augustin, would become tutor to the Prince Imperial in 1867 and write prefaces for certain works by his sister, Mary Summer. Little is known of Mary Summer as an adult, except that she married Philippe Édouard Foucaux, the French Tibetologist who authored the first Tibetan grammar books in French. Her husband was elected to the

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in 1862. Mary Summer also became a recognized orientalist, based on her numerous published works in this area.

Selected works

Summer authored numerous works. • ''Buddhist nuns from Sakya-Mouni to the present day''. Preface by

Augustin Filon Pierre Marie Augustin Filon (1841–1916) was a French professor of rhetoric and the author of a number of works of fiction, as well many articles, reviews and books on contemporary English politics, art and literature. The son of the historian ...

. Paris: Ernest Leroux, 1873. • ''History of Sakya-Mouni Buddha, from his birth to his death''. Paris: Ernest Leroux, 1874. ''• Tales and Legends of Ancient India''. Paris: Ernest Leroux, 1878. • ''The heroines of Kalidasa and the heroines of Shakespeare''. Paris: Ernest Leroux, 1879. • ''The Last Love of Mirabeau''. Paris: C. Lévy, 1884. • ''The Novel of an Academician, a true story of the 18th century''. Preface by Augustin Filon. Paris: A. Lemerre, 1896. • ''A few salons in Paris in the 18th century…'' Paris: L.-H. May, ndated

References

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