Joséphin (Joseph Marie) Soulary (23 February 1815 - 28 March 1891), French poet, son of a Lyon merchant of Genoese origin (Solari).
Background
Soulray was born in Lyon on 23rd February 1815. He entered a line regiment when he was sixteen, serving for five years, during which he published his first poems. Some small lyrical works of a patriotic nature were published under the pseudonym "S. Grenadier" in the journal L'Indicateur de Bordeaux.
He was Chef de Bureau in the prefecture of the Rhône from 1845 to 1867, and, in 1868, he became librarian to the Palais des Arts in his native town.