Jean-François Dagand

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Jean-François Dagand
BornJune 12, 1805
Chambéry
DiedMarch 14, 1877
Bône (Annaba)
OccupationPrinter
SpouseBegaud Marie Marguerite

Jean-François Dagand was a French publisher and printer born on June 12, 1805, in Chambéry, France. He died on March 14, 1877, in Bône, which is now known as Annaba in Algeria. He was the creator of the newspaper La Seybouse in 1843.

Biography[edit]

Jean-François Dagand was born on June 12, 1805, in Chambéry, France.[1] He worked as a laborer in various workshops in Savoie.[2] At the age of 37, in 1842, he settled in Bône, now known as Annaba, Algeria, where he became a printer and established a printing press called "Imprimerie de Dagand." He also published his newspaper, La Seybouse, which he founded in 1843.[3] He was also a member of several beneficial societies in Bône.

In 1848, Jean-François Dagand obtained all the rights of a French citizen through a decree signed on April 13, 1848,[3] by the Minister of Justice.[4]

Jean-François Dagand married Begaud Marie Marguerite, but she died in 1872. He continued to manage the newspaper and printing press until his death on March 14, 1877.[5] After his passing, his nephew, Emile Thomas, succeeded him as the head of the printing press and newspaper.[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Bulletin des lois de la République française (in French). Imprimerie nationale. 1849. Retrieved 2023-07-10.
  2. ^ Dufour, Auguste (1877). L'imprimerie, les imprimeurs et les libraires en Savoie du xve au xixe siècle, par A. Dufour et F. Rabut (in French). imp. D'Albert Bottero. Retrieved 2023-07-10.
  3. ^ a b c d'archéologie, Société savoisienne d'histoire et (1875). Mémoires et documents publiés par la Société savoisienne d'histoire et d'archéologie (in French). Imprimerie Ménard [puis] Société savoisienne d'histoire et d'archéologie.
  4. ^ Bulletin des lois de la République française (in French). Imprimerie nationale. 1849. Retrieved 2023-07-10.
  5. ^ "Bône (Annaba, Algérie) - État civil (Décès) | 1877 - 1877". Geneanet (in French). Retrieved 2023-07-10.