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Merville, M., 1785-1853

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Personal name headingMerville, M., 1785-1853
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Variant(s)Camus, Pierre-François, 1785-1853
Merville, Pierre François Camus, called, 1785-1853
Merville, signor, 1785-1853
LocatedVilliers-sur-Tholon (France)
Birth date1785-04-20
Death date1853
Place of birthPontoise (France)
Field of activityMedicine Acting Playwriting French literature--19th century
Profession or occupationPhysicians Actors Dramatists Authors, French--19th century
Found inMélesville, M. La grande duchesse [MI] 1835: t.p. (M. Merville)
NUC pre-56 (hdg.: Merville, Pierre François Camus, called, 1785-1853; usage: M. Merville, signor Merville, Jean Nicolas de Merville [conflation with Jean Nicolas Cairon de Merville, 1714-, Jesuit]; variant: Camus, Pierre François)
Bibliothèque nationale (France) (Merville (Pierre-François Camus, dit); usage: M. Merville; Merville; Alexandre ["Alexandre" is a probably erroneous identification of "Alexandre," co-author of "Tom-Rick, ou Le Babouin," 1832, with Merville; see Quérard, Joseph Marie. Les supercheries littéraires dévoilées, 1869-1879, v. 1, column 259, for identification of this "Alexandre" as F.-V.-A. Dartois de Bournonville])
Grande encyc. (Merville (Pierre-François Camus); actor & author of plays)
LC manual auth. cd. (hdg.: Merville, Pierre François Camus, called, 1785-1853; usage: M. Merville)
Bibliothèque nationale de France. BnF autorités, April 22, 2016 (Merville (1785-1853) pseudonyme forme internationale; born 1785, died 1853; playwright and actor; variant names: Merville, Pierre-François Camus (1785-1853) pseudonyme; Camus, Pierre-François (1785-1853); Merville, P.-F. C. (1785-1853) pseudonyme; Camus Merville, Pierre-François (1785-1853) pseudonyme)
French Wikipedia, April 22, 2016 (article title: "Merville (dramaturge)"; Merville, real name Pierre François Camus, born 1785 in Pontoise, died 1835; Algerian colonial who practiced medicine before turning to acting and playwriting; took his mother's maiden name, Villemer, as pseudonym, then changed it to its anagram Merville, under which name he debuted in the theater; author of 35 plays, alone or in collaboration, and three novels; lived in Villiers-sur-Tholon (Yonne), where he was city councillor from 1846 to 1848; chevalier de la Légion d'honneur; note: birth year is sometimes given as 1781 or 1783; the Bibliothèque nationale de France retains the year 1785)
VIAF, April 22, 2016: VIAF ID: 22322753 (Merville, 1785-1853: NUKAT Center of Warsaw University Library; Sudoc [ABES], France; National Library of France; Merville (Pierre Franç. Camus), 1785-1853: National Library of the Netherlands; Merville 1785-1853 M.: ISNI; Merville, M., 1785-1853: Library of Congress/NACO; Merville: Wikidata; Merville, pseud.: National Library of Portugal; Merville, Pierre-François Camus, 1785-1853: Vatican Library; Merville, Pierre-François 1785-1853: German National Library; Camus, Pierre-François, 1785-1853: Vatican Library) VIAF ID: 61985972 (Merville, Pierre-François Camus, Dit Merville: RERO - Library Network of Western Switzerland; Camus, Pierre François 1783-1853: German National Library) VIAF ID: 215678058 (Merville, Pierre François Camus: German National Library)
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