Jacques-Antoine Dulaure (born on December 3, 1755, in Clermont-Ferrand and died on August 18, 1835, in Paris) was a French archaeologist, historian, and politician.

He moved to Paris in October 1779 and was admitted as a student under the Jean-Baptiste Rondelet, who, after the death of Soufflot, was tasked with completing the works on the Church of Sainte-Geneviève, particularly reinforcing the pillars that seemed unable to support the dome.

One day, while Dulaure was taking vertical measurements inside the building, walking along high cornices, he became dizzy and nearly died on the stone floor.

Inspired by early aerostatic experiments, in 1784, he published a short piece titled Retour de voyage dans la Lune (Return from a Trip to the Moon),[2] preceding Beffroy de Reigny, the "Cousin Jacques," who launched his journal Les Lunes the following year.

Between 1785 and 1786, Dulaure appears to have been responsible for reviewing theatrical productions in Le Courrier lyrique et amusant, ou Passe-temps des toilettes by Dufrénoy, in which he also introduced archaeological content.

[6] He directed the writing of an extensive Description de la France par provinces (1788-1789, six volumes), but the onset of the Revolution, which he supported, led him to halt this work.

[16] On August 8, in a petition read to the Convention, Simone Évrard, Marat’s widow, denounced "the most cowardly of all scribblers, Carra, Ducos, and Dulaure.

"[17] Starting in September 1793, Dulaure withdrew to the Sainte-Perrine monastery in Chaillot with his fellow Girondin Jean-Augustin Pénières [fr] (deputy for Corrèze).

However, on October 21, 1793 (30 Vendémiaire, Year II), Amar ordered his indictment, claiming that "due to an unintentional error, he had not been included in the original decree.

His most significant work is Histoire civile, physique et morale de Paris, filled with curious research and little-known facts.