Henri Omont
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Henri Auguste Omont, librarian, philologist and French historian, born in September 15, 1857, died December 9, 1940. He was a member of the Institut de France.
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Life
In 1881 he wrote a thesis De la ponctuation and was employed in the École Nationale des Chartes as an archivist. He became general inspector in the Bibliothèque nationale de France. He participated in the compilation of the "general catalogue of the manuscripts of the public libraries of France" (Alençon, Avranches, Louviers). At the same time, he undertook research on ancient libraries and the history of printing and books. Omont was a member of the École Nationale des Chartes and Societé des Antiquaires de France. He was elected as a member of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres in 1900. He also worked at the Catholic University of Leuven until World War II. He gave his personal library to the Catholic University of Leuven but part of it was destroyed in the second World War.
He was president in 1900 and 1921 of the Société libre d'agriculture, sciences, arts et belles-lettres de l'Eure.
Selected works
- Facsimilés des plus anciens manuscrits grecs de la Bibliotèque Nationale du IXe et XIVe siècle (Paris 1891).
- Facsimilés des plus anciens manuscrits grecs de la Bibliotèque Nationale du IVe et XIIIe siècle (Paris 1892).
- Très anciens manuscrits grecs bibliques et classiques de la Bibliotèque Nationale (Paris 1896).
- Notice sur un très ancien manuscrit grec de l'évangile de saint Matthieu... (Notices et extraits des manuscrits de la bibliothèque nationale; vol. 36.) (Paris, 1901).
Bibliography
- Bibliographie des travaux de M. Henri Omont. Paris: H. Didier ; Toulouse: Ed. Privat, 1933, XI-270 p. 1108 entries. "Pour le cinquantième anniversaire de l'entrée à la Bibliothèque nationale de m. Henri Omont, la bibliographie de ses travaux a été dressée par les conservateurs-adjoints et les bibliothécaires du Département des manuscrits de la Bibliothèque nationale." Edited by P. Lauer and E. A. van Moé.
Sources
- Livret de l'École des Chartes 1821-1966
- Catalogue général de la BnF
- 193 contributions à la Bibliothèque de l'École des chartes.
- 262 ouvrages at the Système universitaire de documentation.
