Georges Azéma

Georges Azéma (died May 9, 1864) was a French historian from Réunion. Son of the writer Étienne Azéma and brother to the doctor Mazaé Azéma, his son Henri was also a doctor; his grandfather Jean-Baptiste Azéma had briefly served as governor of Réunion; other relatives include the poet Jean-Henri Azéma and the historian Jean-Pierre Azéma.

Biography

A native of Réunion, he worked mainly on the history of the island, and is the author of the famous Histoire de l'île Bourbon depuis 1643 jusqu'au 20 décembre 1848. Son of Étienne Azéma, advisor to the Royal Court, then Bourbon delegate to the Minister of the Navy in April 1831, he was the father of Henri Azéma, the famous Reunion doctor. He is clerk to the Justice of the Peace, town Municipal council and member of the Chambre Consultative d'Agriculture.

He was Editor-in-chief of the newspapers L'Hebdomadaire and Le Nouveau Colon.

Bibliography

  • Le dictionnaire biographique de La Réunion, Sabine Deglise, Brigitte Hock-Koon, Raymonde Kissel, Michel Verguin et Mario Serviable, 1998.


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