Théophraste Renaudot
Théophraste Renaudot (French pronunciation:
Born in
As part of his duties, Renaudot was asked to organize a scheme of public assistance. Many difficulties were put in his way, however, and he therefore returned until 1624 to Poitou, where Richelieu made him "commissary general of the poor."[1] In 1630, now back in Paris, Renaudot opened the bureau d'adresse et de rencontre, where prospective employers and employees could find each other. With the support of Richelieu, he established the first weekly newspaper in France, in 1664 and 1665.
Renaudot opened the mont-de-piété, the first
After the deaths of his benefactors, Richelieu and Louis XIII, Renaudot lost his permission to practice medicine in Paris, due to the opposition of
Renaudot died in Paris, in 1653. His sons Isaac and Eusèbe, who were awarded doctorates after some delay, carried on their father's work and continued to promote the appropriate uses of medicines.[1]
Mark Tungate in 2007 termed him the "first French journalist" and the "inventor of the personal ad".[3]
See also
- Prix Renaudot, a literary award named after him
- Eusèbe Renaudot, his grandson
References
- ^ a b c d e f public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Renaudot, Théophraste". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 23 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 96–97. One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the
- JSTOR 315897.
- ISBN 978-0-7494-5217-9.
- Solomon, Howard M. (1972) - Public Welfare, science, and propaganda in seventeenth-century France; the innovations of Théophraste Renaudot. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.