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[[File:SecondhandBooksellerQuaiVoltaire1821.jpg|thumb|300x300px|The Vigier Baths, across the Seine, seen from [[Quai Voltaire]]; engraving by Jean-Henry Marlet after Adrien Auger.]] |
[[File:SecondhandBooksellerQuaiVoltaire1821.jpg|thumb|300x300px|The Vigier Baths, across the Seine, seen from [[Quai Voltaire]]; engraving by Jean-Henry Marlet after Adrien Auger.]] |
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'''Pierre Vigier''' (1760, Cassaniouze ([[Cantal]])- 19 September 1817, [[Savigny-sur-Orge]]) was a French magistrate. |
'''Pierre Vigier''' (1760, Cassaniouze ([[Cantal]])- 19 September 1817, [[Savigny-sur-Orge]]) was a French magistrate. |
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== Life == |
== Life == |
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Vigier is perhaps best known for managing several public baths on the banks of the Seine (the "Bains Vigier"). The first one opened in 1791. |
Vigier is perhaps best known for managing several public baths on the banks of the Seine (the "Bains Vigier"). The first one opened in 1791.<ref>[http://www.parisenimages.fr/en/collections-gallery/18779-2-vigier-baths-trendy-baths-paris-under-french-directory-engraving-paris-french-national-library Engraving of the Baths during the [[Directoire]].]</ref><ref name="Veinazes">{{cite web | language=French|url=http://www.pays-veinazes.com/vigier-pierre/ | title=Facts about Vigier's baths | publisher=Personal page | accessdate=24 August 2015}}</ref> |
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Vigier was a [[public prosecutor]] at |
Vigier was a [[public prosecutor]] at [[Parlement]] until the French Revolution, when he shifted to a successful career in the business of thermal baths (in French ''baigneur-étuviste'').<ref name="Savigny">{{cite web | url=http://www.savigny.org/spip.php?article125 | language=French|title=Facts about Vigier and his son Achille Pierre FELIX| publisher=Municipality of Savigny | accessdate=24 August 2015}}</ref> |
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[[File:Vigier's baths, Year V - 1797.jpg|thumb|The Bains Vigier on an early nineteenth century color plate.]] |
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== Notes == |
== Notes == |
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Revision as of 21:13, 25 August 2015
Pierre Vigier (1760, Cassaniouze (Cantal)- 19 September 1817, Savigny-sur-Orge) was a French magistrate.
Life
Vigier is perhaps best known for managing several public baths on the banks of the Seine (the "Bains Vigier"). The first one opened in 1791.[1][2] Vigier was a public prosecutor at Parlement until the French Revolution, when he shifted to a successful career in the business of thermal baths (in French baigneur-étuviste).[3]
Notes
- ^ Engraving of the Baths during the Directoire.
- ^ "Facts about Vigier's baths" (in French). Personal page. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
- ^ "Facts about Vigier and his son Achille Pierre FELIX" (in French). Municipality of Savigny. Retrieved 24 August 2015.