Two Gentleman Poets at the Court of Henry VIII: George Boleyn & Henry Howard
Edmond Bapst was born Constant Valentin Edmond Bapst to a family of renowned Parisian jewellers on 7th January 1858. He studied law and literature before joining the French Foreign Service and serving in London, Stockholm, Cairo, Vienna, Luxembourg and Saint Petersburg. In 1905, Bapst was appointed Minister Plenipotentiary in Beijing, then Director of Policy and Corporate Affairs at the Quai d’Orsay in 1909. In 1913, he was sent as an envoy to Copenhagen. Bapst was promoted to the rank of French Ambassador in 1918, serving in Japan until his retirement from the service in 1921. Bapst published Deux Gentilshommes-Poètes de la Cour de Henry VIII in 1891 and his other works included studies of history, foreign policy, and the region of Alsace. He died in Paris on 28th October 1934.