RA Collection: People and Organisations
Octave Lebesgue was a French journalist and writer. He is best known by the pseudonym Georges Montorgueil, though he also wrote as ‘Jean Valjean’ (after the protagonist of Les Misérables) and ‘Caribert’. He also produced librettos for operas and musicals.
Beginning his career in Lyon, he later worked in Paris, notably on L‘Écho de Paris. He contributed to the satirical weekly Le Courrier français. He rose to ‘chef des informations’ at L‘Éclair and finally chief editor of Le Temps until his death. From 1900 onwards he edited L‘Intermédiaire des chercheurs et curieux, a publication set up in 1864 to publish questions and answers on all subjects.
Born: 5 November 1857 in Paris
Died: 24 April 1933
Octave Lebesgue
Les trois couleurs : France son histoire / par G. Montorgueil [pseud. of Octave Lebesgue]; imagé par Job [pseud. of Jacques Onfoy de Bréville] - Paris: [1900]
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Octave Lebesgue
La cantiniere : (France sans histoire) / par G. Montorgeuil [pseud. of Octave Lebesgue]; imagée par Job [pseud. of Jacques Onfoy de Bréville] - Paris: [1897]
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Samuel Rousseau
Les chants nationaux de tous les pays / adaptation musicale de Samuel Rousseau; aquarelles de JOB [pseud. of Jacques Onfoy de Bréville]; notices de Georges Montorgueil [pseud. of Octave Lebesgue]; ornements de Jacques Drogue - Paris: [1900]
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