Honoré Daumet
Honoré Daumet (23 October 1826 – 12 December 1911) was a French architect from Paris. He studied at the Beaux-Arts de Paris with teachers Guillaume Abel Blouet, Charles-Félix Saint-Père and Émile Gilbert, and won the Grand Prix de Rome for architecture in 1855. In 1861 he accompanied archaeologist Léon Heuzey on an expedition to Macedonia. After returning, he married the daughter of architect Charles Questel.
Daumet started his own atelier, which produced nine more Grand Prix winners, led by Charles-Louis Girault, and attracted foreign students such as Charles McKim and Austin W. Lord. In 1908 he received the Royal Gold Medal from the Royal Institute of British Architects. He was a close friend of sculptor Henri Chapu.
Daumet died at his Paris home on 12 December 1911 and was buried in Montparnasse Cemetery (15th division). His work and teaching helped shape late 19th-century French architecture.
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