Jean-Baptiste Esménard
French journalist
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| Intro | French journalist | |
| Places | France | |
| is | Journalist | |
| Work field | Journalism | |
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Biography
Jean-Baptiste Esménard (1772–1842) was a French journalist and brother to the poet Joseph-Alphonse Esménard.
Life
Fighting under the First French Empire as an army officer, he was imprisoned in the Force from 1810 to 1814 for a Legitimist plot.
He contributed to Gazette de France, La Quotidienne, Journal des Débats and Mercure, and translated a large part of the memoirs of Manuel Godoy, the Prince de la Paix.