Jules Turgan

François Julien called Jules or Julien) Turgan (8 February 1824 – 16 February 1887) was a 19th-century French chansonnier, physician and journalist.

Jules Turgan
Born
François Julien Turgan

8 February 1824
Paris
Died16 February 1887(1887-02-16) (aged 63)
Tours
OccupationChansonnier
Journalist

Biography

Turgan studied at the collège royal de Saint-Louis where he excelled in Latin version (1838).[1] 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.[2]

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,[3] 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).

Works
  • 1842: Les Écoliers de Paris, nocturne, music by Émile Bienaimé
  • 1842: Vole, ma noire gondole, melody, music by Émile Bienaimé
  • 1851: Les Ballons, histoire de la locomotion aérienne depuis son origine jusqu'à nos jours, foreword by Gérard de Nerval
  • 1860: Orfèvrerie Christofle
  • 1860–1868 Les Grandes usines en France, 8 vols.
  • 1867: Études sur l'Exposition universelle
  • 1867: L'Artillerie moderne à grande puissance, études et renseignements
  • 1880: L'Évolution légale
  • 1880: Le Sénégal, sa colonisation par l'enseignement populaire
  • 1882: Les Établissements Duval

Bibliography
  • Pierre Larousse, Le Grand dictionnaire universel du XIXe siècle, vol.7, 1898, (p. 1159)
  • Gustave Vapereau, Dictionnaire universel des contemporains, 1880, (p. 1777)
  • Notice nécrologique de Julien Turgan, La Nature, 1887
  • René Martin, La vie d'un grand journaliste, 1948, (p. 106)

References
  1. Almanach de l'université royale de France, 1839, p. 236
  2. Biographie sur le site du Conservatoire national des arts et métiers
  3. Bulletin de la Société Théophile Gautier #°23, 2001, (p.82)
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