Émile Gilbert, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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French architect (1795–1874)
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Place of Birth: Paris, Île-de-France, France
About Émile Gilbert
- Émile-Jacques Gilbert (3 September 1795 – 31 October 1874) was a 19th-century French architect. In 1838 Gilbert was commissioned to reconstruct the hospital for the insane at Charenton along modern more humane lines recommended by Jean-Étienne Dominique Esquirol; the new structure was completed in 1845.
- In 1843 Gilbert, as Architect of the City of Paris, was commissioned to erect the first of the model penitentiaries following designs of Guillaume-Abel Blouet, the Mazas Prison, in Paris.
- In 1858 he was commissioned to build the new Hôtel Dieu opposite Notre Dame on the Île de la Cité, Paris.
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