Honoré Jean Pierre Fisquet (1818–1883) was a French historian, biographer and writer of guide books, including a Nouveau guide général du voyageur en Angleterre, en Écosse et en Irlande (1864),[1] which he wrote together with Henri-Marie Martin and published under the pseudonym William Darcy.[2] He was born in Montpellier on 16 June 1818 and died in Paris on 27 July 1883.[3]
Publications
He was best known for his 22-volume biographical overview of French bishops, La France pontificale (Gallia Christiana), published in large part by Étienne Repos in 1864–1872.[3] His other works include:
Ode à la France sur le retour des cendres de Napoléon (1840)[4]
Histoire de l'Algérie depuis les temps anciens jusqu'à nos jours (1842)[5]
Un premier amour (1845)
La Nouvelle Marseillaise (1848)
Biographie des membres du Gouvernement provisoire (1848)
Guide du visiteur: Histoire archéologique et descriptive des églises de Paris (1855)[6]