Joseph-François-Gabriel Hennequin
Joseph-François-Gabriel Hennequin | |
---|---|
Born | 1775 ![]() |
Died | 1842 ![]() |
Joseph-François-Gabriel Hennequin (Gerbéviller, 1775 – Paris, 1842) was a French naval officer, biographer and author.
Biography
Born to a lawyer at the Parliament of Nancy, and cousin to lawyer Antoine-Louis-Marie Hennequin, Joseph Hennequin joined the French Navy as a boy in 1793, and rose to become an officer in charge of logistics. In 1809, he was appointed to the Ministry. From 1831 to 1838, he served as a department head.
Hennequin wrote numerous biographical articles in Galerie des contemporains, in Biographie universelle, in Encyclopédie des gens du monde, in Galerie française, etc., In Esprit de l’Encyclopédie, Hennequin compiled what he deemed to be the most relevant articles of the Encyclopédie (Paris, 1822–1823, 15 vol. in-8°);
Hennequin wrote Essai historique sur la vie et les campagnes du bailli de Suffren (Paris 1824, in-8°); Trésor des dames, ou Choix de pensées, maximes et réflexions extraites des ouvrages de femmes, etc. (Paris, 1826); Dictionnaire de maximes (Paris, 1827); Biographie maritime, and Notices historiques sur la vie et les campagnes des marins célèbres (Paris, 1835–1887, 3 vol. in-8°).
Works
- Hennequin, Joseph François Gabriel (1835). Biographie maritime ou notices historiques sur la vie et les campagnes des marins célèbres français et étrangers (in French). Vol. 1. Paris: Regnault éditeur.
- Hennequin, Joseph François Gabriel (1835). Biographie maritime ou notices historiques sur la vie et les campagnes des marins célèbres français et étrangers (in French). Vol. 2. Paris: Regnault éditeur.
- Hennequin, Joseph François Gabriel (1835). Biographie maritime ou notices historiques sur la vie et les campagnes des marins célèbres français et étrangers (in French). Vol. 3. Paris: Regnault éditeur.
Sources
- « Joseph-François-Gabriel Hennequin », in Pierre Larousse, Grand dictionnaire universel du XIXe siècle, 1863–1890, 15 vol.
- Articles with short description
- Short description matches Wikidata
- Use dmy dates from June 2020
- Articles with hCards
- Articles with infoboxes completely from Wikidata
- Articles using Template Infobox person Wikidata
- CS1 French-language sources (fr)
- Articles with FAST identifiers
- Articles with ISNI identifiers
- Articles with VIAF identifiers
- Articles with WorldCat Entities identifiers
- Articles with BNF identifiers
- Articles with BNFdata identifiers
- Articles with GND identifiers
- Articles with KBR identifiers
- Articles with LCCN identifiers
- Articles with SUDOC identifiers
- 1775 births
- 1842 deaths
- 19th-century French writers