Jean-Pierre Papon (23 January 1734 – 15 January 1803) was an 18th-century French abbot, historian of the

Provence Provence (, , , , ; oc, Provença or ''Prouvènço'' , ) is a geographical region and historical province of southeastern France, which extends from the left bank of the lower Rhône to the west to the Italian border to the east; it is bor ...

and of the French Revolution.

Life and work

Papon finished school in Turin and at the age of 18 years became an Oratorian. He then taught as a secondary school teacher in Marseille, Riom, Nantes and Lyon. From 1780, he was a

librarian A librarian is a person who works professionally in a library providing access to information, and sometimes social or technical programming, or instruction on information literacy to users. The role of the librarian has changed much over time, ...

in Marseille and a member of the

Académie de Marseille The Académie de Marseille, officially the Académie des sciences, lettres et arts de Marseille, is a French learned society based in Marseille. It was founded in 1726 and includes those in the city involved in the arts, letters, and sciences. H ...

. He fled the French revolution into the Cevennes and on 24 February 1796 became a non resident member of the newly (1795) founded

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(Académie des sciences morales et politique). He was also one of the resident members of the Société des observateurs de l'homme. He was one of the authors who prepared the scientific Romance and Provencal linguistics of the 19th century.

Works

*1765: ''L’art du poète et de l‘orateur. Ouvrage destiné à diriger les études, et à former le goût des jeunes gens et des personnes qui s'adonnent à la littérature''. Preceded by an ''Essai sur l'Éducation'', Lyon 1765, 1766, 1768, 1774, 1783; Paris 1800, 1806; Avignon 1811 * 1777–1786: ''Histoire générale de Provence'' - 4 vol. Moutard
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In the second volume he incorporated long passages about the

troubadour A troubadour (, ; oc, trobador ) was a composer and performer of Old Occitan lyric poetry during the High Middle Ages (1100–1350). Since the word ''troubadour'' is etymologically masculine, a female troubadour is usually called a ''trobairit ...

s and the history of the Provencal language. * 1780: ''Histoire littéraire de Provence'' - Barois l'aîn�
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* 1788: ''Histoire du Gouvernement Français, depuis l'Assemblée des Notables, tenue le 22 février 1787, jusqu'à la fin de Décembre de la même année'', London 1788, Paris 1789 * 1800: ''De la peste ou Epoques mémorables de ce fléau et des moyens de s'en préserver'' - Lavillette et compagnie - Paris * 1815: ''Histoire de la Révolution de France'', 6 vol. (posthumous work)

Sources

Pierre Larousse Pierre Athanase Larousse (23 October 18173 January 1875) was a French grammarian, lexicographer and encyclopaedist. He published many of the outstanding educational and reference works of 19th-century France, including the 15-volume ''Grand dict ...

, Dictionnaire universel du XIXe siècle.

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Biography

Papon, Jean-Pierre

{{DEFAULTSORT:Papon, Jean-Pierre 18th-century French historians French librarians Linguists from France People from Provence 1734 births 1803 deaths