Clair Tisseur
Architect and popular writer
Died when: 69 years 247 days (836 months)Star Sign: Aquarius
Clair Tisseur (27 January 1827, in Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon, Rhône – 30 September 1896, in Nyons, Drôme), was a French architect whose best known work was Église du Bon-Pasteur, a prominent Romanesque Revival church in the 1st arrondissement of Lyon.
He is also remembered as a historian, linguist, biographer, poet, novelist, journalist, moralist, and satirist who frequently published his writings under the pen name Nizier du Puitspelu.
Tisseur organized and mentored a cultural society in Lyon called L'Alme et Inclyte Académie du Gourguillon, founded in 1879, that published numerous works during the Third Republic and into the 20th century.
Members of the society included writers (Auguste Bleton, Henri Béraud, Monseigneur Lavarenne), artists, and political leaders (Salles, Godard) who were active in Lyon.
French cinematographer Philippe Roger created a documentary film about Clair Tisseur entitled Clair l'obscur in 2000.