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Paul Raymond, born Paul-Raymond Lechien,〔Paul Raymond, family name Paul Raymond Lechien, obtained permission in 1864 to bear the name of Paul Raymond. BNF (''Catalogue Bn-Opale plus Notice of Personal Authority'')〕 was a French archivist and historian born on 8 September 1833 in Belleville (Seine)〔Bibliothèque de l'École des chartes (''Library of School of Charters''), p. 581 - 1855〕 (now part of Paris ) and died on 27 September 1878. ==His Life== Admitted in 1854 to the École Nationale des Chartes, there he obtained a degree of "Archivist paléographe"〔See "Archivist paléographe" in French Wikipedia〕 in 1857 with a thesis entitled ''On the looting of the house and property of the bishop (5th-13th centuries)''.〔École nationale des chartes (Paris), ''Bibliothèque de l'École des Chartes'', 1858, p 109. Paul Raymond was placed 5th.〕 He then became the departmental archivist for Basses-Pyrenees after finishing at the École Nationale des Chartes until 1877. He was then appointed Secretary General of the Prefecture of the Lower Pyrenees. He was also Secretary General of the "Society of Sciences, Letters and Arts of Pau" from 1871 to 1877 and president of this society in 1877. He was a convinced republican "paying relentless personal attention to all works for the public good and popular education. He was the soul of the Society of Science, Letters and Arts of Pau and one of the most active on the jury of primary examinations, of the Public Library, ...".〔M.F. Pécaut, ''Obituary for Paul Raymond'', extracted from ''Le Temps'' in the ''Bulletin de la Société des Sciences, Lettres et Arts de Pau'', Volume 8, 1878-1879, p. 10.〕 He was a tireless researcher who undertook a general inventory of the Departmental Archives of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques (Lower Pyrenees). From this research, he drew many materials that were published or used in many works of historical and linguistic research. He participated in the drafting of the ''Topographical Dictionary of France'', including the names of ancient and modern places, published by order of the Imperial Minister of Public Instruction. The volume that he wrote: the ''Topographical Dictionary of the Department of Basses-Pyrenees'' was published for the first time in 1863. He also participated in the preparation of the ''Béarnais Dictionary ancient and modern'' published after his death under the auspices of Vastin Lespy〔Jean Désiré Lespy, called Vastin, (Pau 1817 - Pau 1897), Professor of the School of Pau, Secretary-General of the préfecture of Basses-Pyrénées (in 1892).〕 in 1887. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Paul Raymond (archivist)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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