Esprit-Joseph Chaudon


Esprit-Joseph Chaudon, was a French bibliographer and writer.
He was born in Valensole. After teaching the humanities in several colleges of the Oratoire, Chaudon embarked on a literary career publishing anonymously in 1772, at Avignon, a valuable bibliographical work, entitled Bibliothèque d'un homme de gout, many materials of which were provided by his brother, Louis-Mayeul Chaudon.
In 1778 he published in Paris a Dictionnaire interprète-manuel des noms latins de la géographie ancienne et moderne.

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