Célestin_Port
Célestin Port
French archivist and historian
Célestin Port (23 May 1828 – 4 March 1901) was a French archivist and historian.
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Célestin Port | |
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| Born | (1828-05-23)May 23, 1828 |
| Died | March 4, 1901(1901-03-04) (aged 72) |
| Nationality | French |
| Alma mater | École Nationale des Chartes |
| Known for | History of Anjou |
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| Fields | History |
| Thesis | Essai sur le commerce maritime de Narbonne (1852) |
| Academic advisors | Jules Quicherat |
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Born in Paris to a modest family (his father ran an umbrella shop), he studied at the École des chartes, composed a thesis entitled Essai sur le commerce maritime de Narbonne [Essay on the maritime commerce of Narbonne] (submitted in 1852) and, in 1854, became archivist of the Department of Maine-et-Loire.
Spurred on by his teacher Jules Quicherat, he dedicated forty-seven years of his life to the history of Anjou, on which he published several important works. His masterpiece — often plagiarised — is his "Dictionnaire historique, géographique et biographique de Maine-et-Loire" published in three volumes from 1874 to 1878. He also studied the War in the Vendée.[1]
He worked at the same time on the classification of the departmental archives and, in 1891, he donated his personal collection of archival material to the departmental archives.[1]
Célestin Port made no mystery of his militant republican sympathies, but he kept his distance from party politics. His other interests included the theatre and Latin poetry. He also amassed a collection of engravings and photographs.
- Port, Célestin (1874–1878). Dictionnaire historique géographique et biographique de Maine-et-Loire [Historical, Geographic and Biographic Dictionary of Maine-et-Loire] (in French). Paris: J.-B. Dumoulin. 3 volumes, also published by Lachèse et Dolbeau, Angers.
- Port, Célestin (1877). L'inventaire et le chartrier de l'Hôpital Saint-Jean d'Angers : lettre à M. P. Marchegay, des Roches-Baritaud (in French). Angers: Impr-Libr E Barassé. 40 pp
- Port, Célestin (1861). Inventaire analytique des archives anciennes de la mairie d'Angers suivi de tables et de documents inédits : publié sous les auspices du conseil municipal par M. Célestin Port [Analytical inventory of the ancient archives of the town hall of Angers followed by tables and unpublished documents: published under the auspices of the municipal council by M. Célestin Port] (in French). Paris: J. Dumoulin. 628pp. Also published by Cosnier et Lachèse (Angers)
- Verry, Élisabeth (1992). "Célestin Port, un homme de convictions (1828-1901)" [Célestin Port, a man of convictions (1828-1901)]. Annales de Bretagne et des Pays de l'Ouest. 4 (in French). 99. doi:10.3406/abpo.1992.3458. OCLC 491744355. (Reprinted from journal edition originally themed: "Républiques & républicains d'Anjou")
- "Don de M. Célestin Port aux Archives de Maine-et-Loire" [Donation from Monsieur Célestin Port to the Archives of Maine-et-Loire]. Bibliothèque de l'école des chartes (in French). 52 (52). École des chartes: 665–670. 10 August 1891.