# Fernand Nathan

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**Fernand Nathan**, born on January 27, 1858 and died on March 1, 1947, with the birth name **Fernand Clément Alphonse Cahen**, also known by the pseudonym **Jean Perrot**,[1] was a [French](/source/French_people) publisher and founder of the publishing house [Nathan](/source/Nathan_(maison_d'%C3%A9dition)).

## Biography

Fernand Nathan was born in [Passy](/source/Passy) (now Paris) in 1858 into a [Jewish family from Lorraine](/source/Histoire_des_Juifs_en_Lorraine).[2] His father was a [horse merchant](/source/Marchand_de_chevaux).

Nathan first worked for the Parisian bookseller and publisher [Charles Delagrave](/source/Charles_Delagrave_(publisher)).[3] Then, on June 8, 1881, at the age of 23,[4] he partnered with Jean-Baptiste Fauvé (1834-1893) to found the *Librairie classique Nicolas Fauvé et Fernand Nathan*, located at [18 Rue de Condé](/source/Rue_de_Cond%C3%A9_(Paris)) in the [6th arrondissement of Paris](/source/6th_arrondissement_of_Paris).[5] In 1884, Nathan bought out his partner's shares, becoming the sole owner of the publishing house. The specialization in educational publishing came at a very favorable time for Fernand Nathan: indeed, the [Jules Ferry laws](/source/Jules_Ferry_laws) and the reforms of the educational system during the first decades of the [French Third Republic](/source/French_Third_Republic) offered important opportunities for educational publishing.[5]

During [World War II](/source/World_War_II), Fernand Nathan, due to his Jewish origins, was a victim of the [antisemitic laws targeting Jews in France](/source/Vichy_anti-Jewish_legislation).[5] He had to flee and hide but managed, before doing so, to entrust the management of the company to a trusted employee. A caretaker was appointed by the occupying authorities, and then the company was "[Aryanized](/source/Aryanization)".[5] Its management was entrusted to a group of French publishers, with the family Nathan's consent. Upon [liberation](/source/Liberation_of_France), Fernand Nathan resumed control of his publishing house, which had thus been saved during the war.[5]

## References

1. ["Fernand Clément Alphonse dit Fernand Nathan, Jean Perrot"](https://cths.fr/an/savant.php?id=116255). *Comité des travaux historiques et scientifiques de l'École des chartes*. 2013. Retrieved 8 November 2022.

1. Metz, Musées de (1990). [*Les Juifs lorrains, du ghetto à la nation: 1721-1871 : exposition*](https://books.google.com/books?id=DDssAQAAIAAJ&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&dq=%22fernand+nathan%22+charles+cahen&q=%22fernand+nathan%22+charles+cahen&hl=fr) (in French). Association mosellane pour la conservation du patrimoine juif. ISBN 978-2-86057-016-9. Retrieved 8 November 2022.

1. ["Notice de Fernand Nathan"](https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb15376125w). *BNF*

1. Darcos, Xavier (12 October 2005). [*L'école de Jules Ferry 1880-1905*](https://books.google.com/books?id=cT1NAAAAQBAJ&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PT66&dq=%22fernand+nathan%22+cahen&hl=fr) (in French). Hachette Littératures. ISBN 978-2-01-238652-5. Retrieved 8 November 2022.

1. Anne Boulenc (June 2005). ["Répertoire numérique des Editions Nathan"](https://portail-collections.imec-archives.com/medias/customer_166/MEDIAS_INTERNET/PDF_ir/NTH325_nathan_ir_2005-06-30.pdf). *Institut mémoires de l'édition contemporaine*

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