Le professeur Jacques Étienne Bérard (1789-1869)

Abstract

In the Languedoc region, chemist J.E. Bérard was a key character XVIIIth century. First Professor of toxicology in Montpellier, pioneer in the fields of chemical and pharmaceutical engineering in France, he became Managing Director of la Paille, a manufacturing site founded by J.A. Chaptal in 1782. He was among youngest members of the Arcueil Society, chaired by the famous scholar, Berthollet.