Paul Boeswillwald

Son of the architect Émile Boeswillwald and father of the painter Émile Artus Boeswillwald, he was a pupil of his father and Charles Laisnéand collaborated with Eugène Viollet-le-Duc on the restoration of the ramparts of the historic Fortified City of Carcassonne since 1879. Like his father, he was an inspector of historical monuments. He succeeded his father in the restoration of the Saint-Étienne cathedral in Toul. He was also a professor and had as students Max Sainsaulieu and Paul Vorin. He joined the commission for historical monuments on March 26, 1885, was appointed inspector general on December 21, 1895, to replace his father, and retired on February 11, 1929.