André Alexandre Basset was born in
Nice on 25 Fructidor, Year IV, to Pierre Basset (1758–1810),
Adjutant general and commander of Villefranche, and Eulalie Robert. He studied at high school in
Marseille and joined the Var
Garde Mobile at the end of the Empire. He was a lieutenant in the King's Bodyguard in 1816 during the
Bourbon Restoration in France. From 1820 onwards, he began writing for the theater, was appointed to the commission for the examination of dramatic works, and became director of the
Opéra-Comique from May 1845 until May 1848. He subsequently became editor-in-chief of the newspapers
La Patrie (French newspaper) in 1850 and Le Pays in 1856. He was made a
Legion of Honour on May 5, 1839. From his marriage in 1821 to Marie Célestine Françoise Vasseur, the writer Adrien Charles Alexandre Basset, known as Adrien Robert, was born in Paris. His daughter Marie Amélie Célestine Basset married engineer Ferdinand Félix Clément Le Blanc (1820–1905), who would go on to become a government architect and civil buildings inspector. == Theatre ==