Jean-Pierre Papon

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Jean-Pierre Papon (born January 23, 1734 in Puget-Théniers , Département Alpes-Maritimes , † January 15, 1803 in Paris ) was a French historian and Provençalist .

life and work

Papon graduated from school in Turin, became an oratorian at the age of 18 and taught as a high school teacher in Marseille, Riom, Nantes and Lyon. From 1780 he was a librarian in Marseille, fled the Revolution to the Cevennes and in 1796 became an associate member of the Institut de France (Académie des sciences morales et politique), which was newly founded in 1795 .

Papon published a monumental history of Provence: Histoire Générale de Provence , 4 vols., Paris 1777–1786, Nîmes 1996 (2900 pages), in the second volume of which he incorporated longer passages on the troubadours and on the history of Provencal language. Something similar can be found at the end of his Provencal travel guide, which has been translated into German: Voyage Littéraire de Provence, suivi de quelques lettres sur les Troubadours , Paris 1780; ud T. Voyage de Provence , 2 vols., Paris 1787; ed. by Louise Godard de Donville [* 1941], Paris 1984 (German: Journey through Provence , translated by Ernst Benjamin Gottlieb Hebenstreit [1758–1803], Leipzig 1783). He is one of the authors who prepared the scientific Romance studies and Provençal studies of the 19th century.

Other works

  • 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. Précédé d'un Essai sur l'Éducation, Lyon 1765, 1766, 1768, 1774, 1783; Paris 1800, 1806; Avignon 1811, Geneva 1970
  • 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
  • De la Peste, ou Époques mémorables de ce fléau et les moyens de s'en préserver, Paris 1800
  • Histoire de la Révolution de France, 6 vols., Paris 1815 (German: Complete history of the French Revolution. From its outbreak in 1789 to the second Paris Peace in 1815, 4 vols., Budapest 1820, 1841)

literature

  • Pierre Larousse, Dictionnaire universel du XIXe siècle, sv

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personal data
SURNAME Papon, Jean-Pierre
ALTERNATIVE NAMES PDL (Papon de l'Oratoire)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French historian and Provençalist
DATE OF BIRTH January 23, 1734
PLACE OF BIRTH Puget-Théniers
DATE OF DEATH January 15, 1803
Place of death Paris