Occupation ChansonnierJournalist | ||
Full Name François Julien Turgan Books Orfevrerie Christofle (Ed.1860) | ||
François Julien called Jules or Julien) Turgan (8 February 1824 – 16 February 1887) was an 19th-century French chansonnier, physician and journalist.
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Biography
Turgan studied at the collège royal de Saint-Louis where he excelled in Latin version (1838). From 1842, he was a lyricist for Émile Bienaimé and became a physician. He stood out in 1848 by his acts of devotion during the days of June and during the cholera epidemic.
A scientific editor for L'Événement then at the Le Bien-être universel, he established La Fabrique, la ferme, l'atelier (1851–1853), a popular science newspaper. Assistant manager of the Journal officiel (1852–1858), a friend of Théophile Gautier, he became director of Le Moniteur universel in 1852. He was also a resident member of the Science section of the "Comité des travaux historiques et scientifiques" (1870–1877).