MICHAUD, me-S1Y, JOSEPH FRANcOIS ( 1767 1839), A French historian. He was born at Albeus. Savoy. June 19, 1767. He studied in the ecclesiastical college of Bourg. and in 1787 published a work. Voyage au .Mont Blanc, fol lowed by other essays. In 1791 he went to Paris, where he embraced the teachings of Voltaire and Rousseau, and half espoused Repub licanism. He was, however, at heart eonserva live and a Royalist. His true opinions soon showed forth in his contributions to the three Royalist papers, the (;me It, Ioicvrsyr, the Postilion de la ((tree, and the Courrier• licein. In 1794 he founded the Quotidicnnr, and after the fall of Robespierre he contributed ar ticles so openly favoring the Ilestoration that on tfetober 27. 1793, he was condemned to death, and only escaped by having this sentence com muted to of banishment. Ile passed four years in Switzerland and in Southern France, (aetipied in light literary work. In 1799 he re turned to Paris. In 1806, in partnership with a
younger brother. he undertook the publication of the Biographic modcene, in mhii•h the public men who had taken an active part in the great revolution mere painted in the darkest colors. Ili, work Tableaux historiques des (mix pee mieTes cmo;xwde.s began to appear in 1812. though not completed until 1822. Alichaud was made member of the Freneb Academy in 1812: the pre vious year he had founded, with his brother, the Biographic unirerscile. lle also collaborated with Ponjoulat in editing the Collection tic a,'Hoirerc pour serrir rr l'histoire dr France, which began to appear in 1836. In the It, rnier quo de 7Cuonnparle ( ISIS). Michaud made a valuable contribution to Napoleonic history. Ile at Passy, September 30, 1839. In 1792 Michaud Wrote a work, dc Franklin. COuxiilt Sainte-nellVe, Cans, rims dun /ccm ll, von. vii.