Ismaël was born Jean-Vital Jammes, the son of an illiterate tailor in Le Passage near the town of Agen.
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He worked in turn as student and teacher in Brieg and Estavayé in Switzerland; in Spain, Le Passage near San Sebastian; in Belgium, the College of Brugelette.