Claude Tillier

In 1821 he joined the army and took part in the French expedition in Spain, two years later he was promoted to non-commissioned officer.

Quarrels with the authorities, which even brought him briefly in prison, and the reactionary consequences of the July Revolution led him to found the weekly newspaper L'Indépendant in 1831.

In June he left Clamecy to settle in Nevers where he became the editor of L'Association, a democratic newspaper published twice a week, until his death in May 1843.

In March 1842 Mon oncle Benjamin, his humorous-satirical novel was published in the Association, which became his most renowned work, initially in four part.

[3] From 1842 onwards, Tillier wrote numerous pamphlets until his death caused by tuberculosis, a disease which he carried from the time of his military service.