Jules Renouard
Jules Renouard | |
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| Born | Error: Invalid birth date for calculating age 11th arrondissement of Paris, France |
| Died | February 20, 1854 (aged 56) |
| Occupation(s) | Bookseller, editor, bibliographer |
| Known for | Founding member of the Cercle de la librairie; presentation on unfair foreign competition |
Jules Renouard (13 February 1798 – 20 February 1854) was a notable French bookseller, editor, and bibliographer.
Life
Jules Renouard was born in the 11th arrondissement of Paris, the son of Antoine-Augustin Renouard, an industrialist, politician, and bookseller, and the grandson of Charles-Grégoire de Beauchamps. He pursued his education at the esteemed Lycée Louis-le-Grand before relocating to London to embark on a career in banking. In 1826, he assumed control of his father’s bookshop, situating the business within a distinguished Parisian townhouse.
In 1832, Renouard married Adèle Cunin-Grudaine, daughter of the industrialist and politician Laurent Cunin-Gridaine. The couple had a son, Léopold Renouard (1833–1910), who later became a prominent banker in Paris. Following Adèle’s passing in 1834, Jules remarried in 1837 to Amélie Talabot. Together they had five children, among them Georges Renouard (1843–1897), who wed a daughter of Baron Haussmann, the famed French urban planner.
Renouard played a key role as a founding member of the Cercle de la librairie in 1847. In 1851, he delivered an important presentation entitled "Progrès de la contrefaçon, dénonciation et protestation," which addressed issues related to unfair foreign competition. Additionally, he held positions within the Paris Chamber of Commerce and served as a judge at Paris’s Commercial Court.