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Jean Espariat
Jean Espariat was a French lawyer and politician. He served as the first Mayor of Aix-en-Provence in 1790, and again as the third Mayor from 1791 to 1792. Additionally, he helped create the department of the Bouches-du-Rhône and served as a member of the Legislative Assembly from 1791 to 1792.
Biography.
Jean Espariat was born on September 17, 1747 in Aix-en-Provence. His father, Charles Espariat, was a silversmith and later a lawyer in
Aix-en-Provence from 1902 to 1908. Under his tenure, he opened the Museum d'Histoire Naturelle Aix-en-Provence, which had been conceived by Antoine Aude (1799-1870), when he served as Mayor in 1835. (It was then located on the "Boulevard du Roi René", and it is now housed within the Hôtel Boyer d'Éguilles, a listed hôtel particulier located at 5 rue Espariat.) Moreover, he rejected the proposed move of Aix-Marseille University to Marseille, making sure