Jackie Pigeaud (1937,
Saint-Hilaire-des-Loges – 13 November 2016) was a French professor of Latin and historian of medicine. He occupied a chair at the
University of Nantes
Nantes University () is a public university located in the city of Nantes, France. In addition to the several campuses scattered in the city of Nantes, there are two satellite campuses located in Saint-Nazaire and La Roche-sur-Yon. The university ...
and was a member of the
Institut Universitaire de France
The Institut Universitaire de France (IUF, Academic Institute of France), is a service of the French Ministry of Higher Education that annually distinguishes a small number of university professors for their research excellence, as evidenced by t ...
.
His field of research was the relationship of
body and soul in the tradition of medical thought. He died in
Orvault in 2016.
Works
* (Ed.),
Théroigne de Méricourt
Anne-Josèphe Théroigne de Méricourt (born ''Anne-Josèphe Terwagne''; 13 August 1762 – 8 June 1817) was a Belgian singer, orator and organizer in the French Revolution. She was born at Marcourt, in the Prince-Bishopric of Liège (from whi ...
, ''La Lettre-mélancolie'', Lettre adressée en 1801 à
Danton (mort en... 1794), transcripte par Jean-Pierre Ghersenzon, Verdier / L’Éther Vague, 2005.
*''La maladie de l’âme. Etude sur la relation de l'âme et du corps dans la tradition médico-philosophique antique'' (thèse de doctorat, published 1981), repr. with a new preface 2006, Les Belles Lettres, 590pp. .
*''L’Art et le Vivant'', Gallimard, 1995. .
*''Poétiques du corps. Aux origines de la médecine'', Les Belles Lettres, L’Age d’or, 2008, 706pp.
*''Melancholia: Le malaise de l'individu'', Payot, Manuels Payot, 2008, 272pp. .
Related publications
* ''Une traversée des savoirs. Mélanges offerts à Jackie Pigeaud par Jean Dhombres, Yves Hersant, Philippe Heuzé, Philippe Mudry, Éric Van der Schueren'', Les collections de la République des Lettres, LES PRESSES DE L'UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL LES ÉDITIONS DE L'IQRC: Québec 2008 (Festschrift)
*
Roger-Pol Droit, ''Jackie Pigeaud : « L'Antiquité, j'y habite … »'', Le Monde des livres, venrdedi 26 septembre 2008, p. 10
References
External links
Jackie Pigeaud at the Institut universitaire de France
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1937 births
2016 deaths
Academic staff of the University of Lorraine
French medical historians
Academic staff of Nantes University
French male non-fiction writers
People from Vendée