Josèphe Jacquiot

Josèphe Jacquiot (; 24 April 1910 – 2 August 1995) was a French Resistance fighter, numismatist, and politician. Noted for her work on the medals of Louis XIV and Louis XV, she was also the founder of the first co-educational school in the Île-de-France and a museum in her home of Montgeron; she also served as mayor of the town. The museum was later renamed in her honour as Musée Josèphe Jacquiot.

Biography Jacquiot was born on 24 April 1910 in Loches. Her family moved to Montgeron after the death of her father in 1938. She graduated from higher education in history and geography from the École du Louvre. A result of this election meant she became one of the first female mayors in France. She was also a lecturer at the École du Louvre and the Monnaie de Paris. She was an expert on the medals of Louis XIV, as well as satirical medals of the era. Her work on the catalogue of medals of Louis XV was praised by Mark P. Jones as providing "enlightening notes, and detailed bibliographies".

She was also the founder of the Montgeron History Society, and its first president. Jacquiot died on 2 August 1995; she is buried in Perrusson.

Legacy Jacquiot bequeathed her medal collection to Montgeron's museum, which was subsequently renamed in her honour as Musée Josèphe Jacquiot. Le talisman offert à Louis XIV et le carré magique au XVIIe siècle. In: Comptes rendus des séances de l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres, 113ᵉ année, 1, 1969. pp. 18-34. Jacquiot, J. (1986). La valeur d'information des médailles frappées en France et à l'Étranger, à l'occasion, ou à la suite de l'Édit de Fontainebleau. Bulletin de La Société de l'Histoire Du Protestantisme Français (1903-), 132, 63–78. Jacquiot, J. (1971). Dessins inédits d'Etienne Delaune pour des médailles et pour des jetons, conservés à l'Ashmolean Museum d'Oxford (résumé). Bulletin de la Société nationale des Antiquaires de France, 1969(1), 271–272.