Charles Jean-Baptiste Jacquot (19 November 1812 – 13 February 1880),[1] who wrote under the pen name Eugène de Mirecourt, was a French writer and journalist.

The main critic of Alexandre Dumas, he contributed novels, short stories and biographies to the French literary life of the second half of the 19th century.

[3][4] After some short stories, he published, together with Leupol, a three-volume work, "la Lorraine" (Nancy, 1839–1840), which gave his name a certain notoriety.

[5] Because he used abusive, devaluing and deliberately racist language about Dumas' appearance, smell, morals and "black" nature, the latter filed a complaint.

[8] His brochure against Alexandre Dumas had inspired him to review celebrities of the time: in 1854, he began the Gallery of Contemporaries, which raised opposition from the press.