Born Puget-Théniers, (Alpes-Maritimes) 23 January 1734 Occupation Historian
Provencialist Died 15 January 1803, Paris, France | ||
Jean-Pierre Papon (23 January 1734 – 15 January 1803) was an 18th-century French abbot, historian of the Provence and of the French Revolution.
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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 in Marseille and a member of the Académie de Marseille. He fled the French revolution into the Cevennes and on 24 February 1796 became a non resident member of the newly (1795) founded Institut de France (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 linguitics of the 19th century.