JORDAN, Camille, French politician: b. Lyons, 11 Jan. 1771; d. 19 May 1821. He n was a pupil of the Oratoans at Lyons and when still young became imbued with Royalist principles, later developing into an active op ponent of the French Revolution. When only 20 years of age he published a pamphlet satir izing the Constitutional Church, entitled 'His toire de le conversion dune dame parisienne' (1792). When Lyons fell in October 1793, Jordan was proscribed by the Directory for his participation in the insurrection and fled to Switzerland, subsequently passing six months in England. In 1796 he returned to France and in 1797 was sent by Lyons to the Council of Five Hundred. In the Revolution of 4 Sept. 1797 Jordan ekaped to Basel and later went to Germany where he met Goethe. In 1800 he returned and in 1802 exposed the schemes of Bonaparte in a pamphlet Sens du Vote National pour le Consulat a Vie.'
From That time till 1814 he devoted his time in retirement to literature, but at the Restoration was made a councillor of state by Louis XVIII, and from 1816 till his death represented Ain in the Chamber of Deputies. Besides the above mentioned works he wrote (Lettre a M. La mourette) (1791) ; 'La Loi et la Religion Ven gees) (1792) ; 'Adresse a ses Commettants sur la Revolution du 4 Septembre 1797' (1797, translated into English by J. Gifford, London 1798) ; 'Sur les Troubles de Lyon> (1818) ; 'La Session de 1817' (1818). A. collection of his (Discoure appeared in 1818. Consult Boubie, R., 'Camille Jordan a Weimar —Eettres In edites) (in Correspondant, Vol CCV [U. S. Vol CLXIXJ, p. 718, Paris 1901) ; Sainte Beuve, C. A., 'Jordan et Madame de Stael' (in Revue des Deux Mondes, Paris 1868).