What is Jean-Yves Veillard?
[[File:Jean-Yves Veillard.jpg|right|200px]] '''Jean-Yves Veillard''' (19 February 1939 – 25 March 2020) was a French historian.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb11927826v|title=Veillard, Jean-Yves (1939-....)|work=Catalogue de la BnF|language=French}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ouest-france.fr/bretagne/rennes-35000/rennes-jean-yves-veillard-ancien-conservateur-du-musee-de-bretagne-est-decede-6791687|title=Rennes. Jean-Yves Veillard, ancien conservateur du musée de Bretagne, est décédé|date=25 March 2020|work=Ouest France|language=French}}</ref> He was born in [[Rennes]], [[France]]. He was one of the [[Bleimor (Scouting)|Bleimor Scouts]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://abp.bzh/deces-d-un-des-fondateurs-de-l-udb-50230|title=Décès d'un des fondateurs de l'UDB|date=26 March 2020|work=Agence Bretagne Presse|language=French}}</ref> Veillard was the author of a thesis on [[Rennes]] during the [[19th Century]]. He was one of the founding members of the [[Breton Democratic Union]] in 1964. He was Curator of the Musée de Bretagne from 1967 to 2000, and opened the exhibition on [[Seiz Breur]]. Veillard died on 25 March 2020 at the age of 81.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/bretagne/disparition-jean-yves-veillard-grand-specialiste-du-patrimoine-populaire-breton-1807204.html|title=Disparition de Jean-Yves Veillard, grand spécialiste du patrimoine populaire breton|date=26 March 2020|work=France 3 Bretagne|language=French}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Veillard, Jean-Yves}} [[Category:1939 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:French historians]] [[Category:People from Rennes]] [[Category:Writers from Brittany]] {{bio-stub}}