| LC control no. | n 85818543 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Boissonnas, Frédéric, 1858-1946 |
| Variant(s) | Boissonnas, Frédéric, 1858- Boissonnas, Fréd. (Frédéric), 1858-1946 Boissonnas, Fréd Boissonnas, Frédéric, b. 1858 Bouasona, Phrent, 1858-1946 |
| Associated country | Switzerland |
| Associated place | Greece Algeria |
| Birth date | 1858-06-18 |
| Death date | 1946-10-17 |
| Place of birth | Geneva (Switzerland) |
| Place of death | Geneva (Switzerland) |
| Field of activity | Greece--Antiquities--Photographs Africa, North--Antiquities--Photographs |
| Affiliation | Boissonnas SA |
| Profession or occupation | Photographers |
| Special note | Data contributed by the Dance Heritage Coalition for the New York Public Library Dance Collection. |
| Found in | Fatio, G. La campagne genevoise d'après nature, 1981: t.p. (Fréd. Boissonnas) LC data base, 9-13-85 (hdg.: Boissonnas, Frédéric, 1858- ) Constantinidis, Y. Thessalonikē ... 1989: t.p. (Phrent Bouasona) Timgad : la Pompéi algérienne, 1915: frontispiece (signature Fred. Boissonnas, in red ink on photogravure) page 51 (M. Fréd. Boissonnas, à Genève; this photograph is part of a collection assembled by M. [monsieur] Boissonnas in Roman Africa in order to illustrate a large edition of the volume by M. Louis Bertrand on saint Augustine, in preparation, publication delayed by current events) Wikipedia, French version, March 12, 2020 (Frédéric Boissonnas; born 18 June 1858, Geneva; died 17 October, 1946, Geneva, age 88; Swiss photographer, from a family of Geneva artists / photographers; his father Henri-Antoine Boissonnas (1833-1889) founded their photography studio in 1864; between 1907 and 1919 Frédéric made several trips to Greece, including that of 1913 with Daniel Baud-Bovy with whom he made the first known ascent of Mount Olympus; Frédéric directed the family studio from 1887 to 1920; in 1919 the publishing house Boissonnas SA was founded, and the same year he left for Greece accompanied by his son Edmond-Édouard Boissonnas; two of his sons succeeded him in turn in directing the studio; his seventh son Paul (1902-1983) ended up directing it until 1969, at which point he turned it over to his son-in-law, Gad Borel (1942- ); in 2011 the Ville de Genève requested a municipal credit for acquisition of the Boissonnas photographic archive, which was deposited at the Bibliothèque de Genève, Centre d'iconographie) |
| Associated language | fre |
| Invalid LCCN | n 97864885 |
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