After classical studies in Rodez (France), Ulysse de Séguier says he joined the army, took part in the siege of Crimea, fought in Italy; he also mentions Mexico, Kœnigsberg, Dublin, Madrid, Madagascar, and speaks of Malayan land. Consul in Sydney, (Australia), it is from Toulouse that he dates, in 1895, the biography (in verse) where he evokes his travels and compares himself to the hero of Homer’s Odyssey.