Honoré Champion (1846–1913) was a French publisher. He founded in 1874 and published scientific works geared towards laymen, particularly concerning history and literature."Discours de M. Emile Chatelain prononces aux obseques...", pp. 7–10 . Retrieved 20 December 2018.
Champion died from an embolism on 8 April 1913 in his apartment at 30 rue Jacob, Paris.Pierre Champion, Mon vieux quartier, Paris, Bernard Grasset, 1932, pp. 55–56 . Retrieved 20 December 2018. His tomb, located at the Montparnasse Cemetery, was sculpted by Albert Bartholomé.
His sons were Édouard Champion, who took over the bookstore and the publishing house (often rendered in colophons as H. Champion), and the historian .Gabriel Leclech, "Edouard Champion ou la belle légende du vieux libraire", L'Homme libre, 6–7 March 1938, pp. 1–2 . Retrieved 20 December 2018.
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