Claude Courtépée

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Title page of Volume IV of the Description historique et topographique du Duché de Bourgogne .

Abbé Claude Courtépée , (born January 23, 1721 in Saulieu , † April 11, 1781 in Dijon ) was a French historian and geographer .

biography

Claude Courtépée was a famous historian and geographer from the Morvan , who made a special contribution to Burgundy . He was born in Saulieu, where his father was a tanner . After attending grammar school in his hometown, he studied law and graduated with a bachelor's degree . He then entered the seminary and was ordained a priest . He was a priest in Grésigny-Sainte-Reine . But he decided to become a teacher and became professor and prefect of studies at the Collège des Godrans in Dijon, where he died in 1781.

Life's work

Enthusiastic about history and geography , he occupied himself with his further homeland, Burgundy , which he described comprehensively and in great detail. The first volume of his Description générale et particulière du Duché de Bourgogne appeared in 1774 . This was followed by five more volumes, the seventh published posthumously in 1785 . He also publishes a histoire abrégée , a shortened history for use at the Dijon grammar school. He dedicated himself to the editing of the Dictionnaire géographique portatif , known as Le Vosgien . He has made a decisive contribution to the geography of the Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers by Denis Diderot and D'Alembert .

He was an ardent creator, undertook numerous journeys and explorations and with the help of numerous pen pals he collected innumerable historical , archaeological , economic and topographical information . His description of the Duchy of Burgundy is still considered a standard work today and is often quoted by contemporary authors and journalists even if it is not free from errors and inaccuracies.

literature

  • Gérard Bardon, Michelle Gautraud, Lucienne Delille, Alain Robert: Almanach du Bourguignon 2015 , published by CPE Éditions

Web links

Commons : Claude Courtépée  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Collège des Godrans in Dijon on www.petit-patrimoine.fr
personal data
SURNAME Courtépée, Claude
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French historian and geographer
DATE OF BIRTH January 23, 1721
PLACE OF BIRTH Saulieu
DATE OF DEATH April 11, 1781
Place of death Dijon