Émile Étienne Guimet, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Émile Étienne Guimet

French businessman

Date of Birth: 02-Jun-1836

Place of Birth: Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Date of Death: 12-Oct-1918

Profession: writer, composer, archaeologist, industrialist, art collector

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Gemini


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About Émile Étienne Guimet

  • Émile Étienne Guimet (26 June 1836 – 12 August 1918) was a French industrialist, traveler and connoisseur. He was born at Lyon and succeeded his father in the direction of his "artificial ultramarine" factory.
  • He also founded the Musée Guimet, which was first located at Lyon in 1879 and was handed over to the state and transferred to Paris in 1885.Devoted to travel, he was in 1876 commissioned by the minister of public instruction to study the religions of the Far East, and the museum contains many of the fruits of this expedition, including a fine collection of Japanese and Chinese porcelain and many objects relating not merely to the religions of the East but also to those of Ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome.He wrote Lettres sur l'Algerie (1877) and Promenades japonaises (1880), and also some musical compositions, including a grand opera, Tai-Tsoung (1894).

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