Georges-Eugène Haussmann, commonly known as Baron Haussmann (French pronunciation: [ʒɔʁʒ øʒɛn pʁə.mje ba.ʁɔ̃ os.man], 27 March 1809 – 11 January 1891), was a French civic planner whose name is associated with the rebuilding of Paris. He was born in Paris to a Protestant merchant from Alsace and the daughter of the General Georges Frédéric Dentzel from Dürckheim, who served mainly for Napoleon III.
The son of Nicolas Valentin Haussmann, a merchant...
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Georges-Eugène Haussmann, commonly known as Baron Haussmann (French pronunciation: [ʒɔʁʒ øʒɛn pʁə.mje ba.ʁɔ̃ os.man], 27 March 1809 – 11 January 1891), was a French civic planner whose name is associated with the rebuilding of Paris. He was born in Paris to a Protestant merchant from Alsace and the daughter of the General Georges Frédéric Dentzel from Dürckheim, who served mainly for Napoleon III.
The son of Nicolas Valentin Haussmann, a merchant, was born in Paris and educated at the College Henri IV and subsequently studied law, attending concurrently the classes at the Paris conservatory of music, for he was a good musician. He became sous-préfet of Nérac in 1830, and advanced rapidly in the civil service until in 1853 he was chosen by Persigny to be prefect of the Seine département in succession to Jean Jacques Berger, who hesitated to incur the vast expenses of the imperial schemes for the embellishment of Paris. Haussmann would remain in this post until 1870.
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