Jean Louis Charles Garnier, a French architect, born in Paris, Nov. 6, 1825. He entered the school of fine arts in 1842, and studied under MM. Leveil and Hippolyte Lebas. He took the grand prize in 1848, and continued his studies in Italy and Greece. In 1859, his designs having been twice preferred in competition with the most distinguished architects in France, he was appointed architect of the new opera house in Paris. He has published a volume of miscellanies entitled A travers les arts (18(39).