Jean François Joseph Élysée Aviragnet, born on 30 July 1828[1] in Port Louis (Mauritius) and died in 1908, was a professor of literature and music. Having emigrated to the United States, he served as the director of the Bucknell School of Music from 1890 until his death.
Élysée Aviragnet | |
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| Born | Jean François Joseph Élysée Aviragnet 30 July 1828 |
| Died | 1908 (aged 80-79) |
| Occupation(s) | Professor of literature and music |
| Known for | Director of the Bucknell School of Music |
Family
editÉlysée Aviragnet was the son of a merchant of Bordeaux origin, Pierre Aviragnet, who settled in Mauritius, where he married Lise Chauvot in 1827.
He married Lucie Hippolyte Anaïs de Ravel de L'Argentière, from a Dauphinoise family of La Mure established in Mauritius, on 1853 in Port Louis.
From 1850 to 1864, he and his family owned the Château du Grand Clapeau in Blanquefort Caychac (Gironde).
Biography
editÉlysée Aviragnet studied at the Sorbonne. He then taught classical literature and Romance languages in France, Mauritius, and Port of Spain (Trinidad).
He later emigrated to the United States, where he became a professor of music. When Bucknell University in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania established a school of music in 1890, he was appointed its director, a position he held until his death.[2] He promoted the development of various musical disciplines and popularized music practice throughout the university.
He died in 1908 and was buried in Lewisburg Cemetery.[3]
Notes and references
edit- ^ According to some sources, he was born on July 20.
- ^ Biographical notice of Jean François Élysée Aviragnet on Bucknell University's website. Cf. Lewis Edwin Theiss, Centennial history of Bucknell University: 1846-1946, Grit Publishing Co. Press, 1946, 484 p.
- ^ Photograph of Élysée Aviragnet's grave in Lewisburg Cemetery.
