Personalities Chéreau, Jacques-François

(1742–1794) – editor, was the son of François II Chéreau and grandson of François I Chéreau. After his father's death, he owned the family business with his mother Marguerite Chéreau and later on independently. In 1787, Jacques-François Chéreau retired from the trade. His collection of tens of thousands of plates and engravings was sold to the Lyon engraver François Étienne Joubert (?–1850).