JOURDAN, AxiretNE JAcqoEs Louts, 1798-1848; b. Paris; was a surgeon in the army and in military hospitals, and took the degree of M:D. in Paris in 1819. He pub lished Trate complet des Maladies Vairiennes, 2 vols.; Pharmacopee Unirerselle, 2 vols. Dictionnaire Ilaisonne, Etymologique, Synonip*ae, et Polyglotte des Towles mites dans les Sciences, 2 vols. His translations from Gerinau, Italian, Latin, and English medical. works are numerous.
JOURD/Lif, JEAN BAPTISTE, Comte, a French marshal; b. April 29, 1762, at Limoges,. where his father was a surgeon. He early entered the army, embraced with great zeal the cause of the revolution, and soon rose to the rank of a general of division. In: Sept., 1793, he obtained the command of the army of the north, and Oct. 16 gained_ an important victory at Wattignies. In 1794 and 1795 he commanded the army of the Meuse and Sambre, and prosecuted the war with great vigor and success. In 1796 he pushed his way far into Germany, but was driven back by the archduke Charles: and this.
discomfiture led to his resignation of his command. In 1799 the directory intrusted him with the command of the army of the Danube; but he was defeated by the arch duke Charles at Stockach Although he opposed the coup-d'etat of 18th Brumaire. the first consul employed him, in 1800, in the reorganization and administration of Pied mont; and on the establishment of the empire, in 1804, he was made a marshal and a member of the council of state. He accompanied king Joseph to Naples, and after wards to Spain, and in his service he was actively employed as a general. He offered his services to Napoleon after his return from Elba. Louis XVIII. made him a count. in 1815. In 1819 he was made a peer of France; but his republican principles led him to enter heartily into the revolution of 1830. He lived and died poor. His death took place Nov. 23, 1833.