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the son of Henri Fournel, the secretary of the prefect, and of Dlarie-Anne Muntrel.
After following his studies in his hometown, he went into teaching and became a teacher in the highschool of Tournon (Ardèche). He successfully practiced poetry and published, in the form of volumes or brochures, a part of his works. He took part to the “Indépendant de la Moselle” and the “Union des Arts”, a periodical that was published in Metz from 1850 to 1853.