Xavier Marmier
Xavier Marmier (; 22 June 180812 October 1892) was a French writer born in
Pontarlier, in
Doubs. He had a passion for travelling, and this he combined throughout his life with the production of literature. After journeying in
Switzerland, Belgium and the
Netherlands, he was attached in 1835 to the Arctic expedition of the ''Recherche''; and after a couple of years at
Rennes as professor of foreign literature, he visited (1842) Russia, (1845)
Syria, (1846)
Algeria, (1848–1849) North America and South America, and numerous volumes from his pen were the result.
In 1870 he was elected to the
Academy (Seat 31), and he was for many years prominently identified with the Sainte-Geneviève library. He did much to encourage the study of
Scandinavian literature in France, publishing translations of
Holberg,
Oehlenschlager and others. He died in Paris in 1892.
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