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Guérin, Alexandre Sauveur

1834–1897

As printed

  1. A dictionary of violin makers (1896)

    Guérin, Alexandre Sauveur, b. Aug. 20, 1834, Hyères. Pupil and successor of Edmond Daniel. Works at Marseilles, 18 rue Paradis. Repairs old instruments …

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    2. Guédon, Jacques Antoine. A maker in Paris; working, 1775-77, in rue de la Tissanderie; and, 1779-83, in rue Barillerie.
    4. Guérin, Alexandre Sauveur, b. Aug. 20, 1834, Hyères. Pupil and successor of Edmond Daniel. Works at Marseilles, 18 rue Paradis. Repairs old instruments and makes new ones on the pattern of Stradivari; uses an orange-red varnish. Exhibited at Marseilles, 1861 and 1886; Nimes, 1863; and Paris, 1889; and was awarded 3 gold medals, 1 silver medal, 1 bronze medal, and a diploma of honour. He is assisted by his son Marius (b. 1871), who was a pupil of Darte at Mirecourt, and then worked under Gand and Bernardel in Paris.
    6. Guerra, Giacomo. A maker in Modena in 1810.

  2. A dictionary of violin makers (n.d.)

    Guérin, Alexandre Sauveur, b. Aug. 20, 1834, Hyères; d. 1897. Pupil and successor of Edmond Daniel. Worked at Marseilles, 18 rue Paradis. Repaired …

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    2. Guédon, Jacques Antoine. A maker in Paris; working, 1775-77, in rue de la Tissanderie; and, 1779-83, in rue Barillerie.
    4. Guérin, Alexandre Sauveur, b. Aug. 20, 1834, Hyères; d. 1897. Pupil and successor of Edmond Daniel. Worked at Marseilles, 18 rue Paradis. Repaired old instruments and made new ones on the pattern of Stradivari; used an orange-red varnish. Exhibited at Marseilles, 1861 and 1886; Nimes, 1863; and Paris, 1889; and was awarded gold medals, 1 silver medal, 1 bronze medal, and a diploma of honour. He was assisted by his son Marius (b. 1871), who was a pupil of Darte at Mirecourt, and then worked under Gand and Bernardel in Paris.
    6. Guerra, Giacomo. A maker in Modena in 1810.

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What the books say

Places and dates of work
Guérin, Alexandre Sauveur, b. Aug. 20, 1834, Hyères; d. 1897. Pupil and successor of Edmond Daniel. Worked at Marseilles, 18 rue Paradis. Repaired … reported1
Places and dates of work
Guérin, Alexandre Sauveur, b. Aug. 20, 1834, Hyères; d. 1897. Pupil and successor of Edmond Daniel. Worked at Marseilles, 18 rue Paradis. Repaired … reported1
Places and dates of work
Guérin, Alexandre Sauveur, b. Aug. 20, 1834, Hyères. Pupil and successor of Edmond Daniel. Works at Marseilles, 18 rue Paradis. Repairs old instruments … reported1
Born (date and place)
Born 1834. As printed in the cited source: “Guérin, Alexandre Sauveur, b. Aug. 20, 1834” reported1
Died (date and place)
Died 1897. As printed in the cited source: “Guérin, Alexandre Sauveur, b. Aug. 20, 1834, Hyères; d. 1897” reported1

How the pages were read

5 of the 5 lines here were read from machine text (software that turns a photo of a page into words), not by a person looking at the page image. 1 of them rests on a section heading above a list of names, not on a trade word printed on its own line: “A DICTIONARY OF VIOLIN MAKERS.”.

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The books behind this record

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  1. Stainer, C. (Cecie), 1867-1937, A dictionary of violin makers (London: Novello, n.d.). archive.org, dictionaryofviol00stai. https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofviol00stai.machine textcited for 3 linessource record

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  2. Stainer, C. (Cecie), 1867-1937, A dictionary of violin makers (London: Novello, n.d.). archive.org, dictionaryofviol1899stai. https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofviol1899stai.machine textcited for 1 linesource record

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  3. Stainer, C. (Cecie), 1867-1937, A dictionary of violin makers (London ; New York: Novello, Ewer, 1896). archive.org, dictionaryofviol00stai_0. https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofviol00stai_0.machine textcited for 1 linesource record

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