Etienne Aymonier
(1844/1928)
Linguist and colonial administrator, specialist in Khmer culture, first director of the Colonial School.
Jacques Babinet
(1794/1872)
Physicist and astronomer, from the Bureau des Longitudes and the Academy of Sciences.
Henri Baillon
(1827/1895)
Botanist, member of the Botanical Society of France (at its creation in 1854) and of the Royal Society, author of important works on botany.
Jean Sylvain Bailly
(1736/1793)
French mathematician, astronomer, writer and politician. He was the first mayor of Paris.
Antoine Jérôme Balard
(1802/1876)
Chemist and pharmacist, discoverer of bromine (1826).
Casimir-François-Henri Barjavel
(1803/1868)
French physician, politician, historian and bibliophile.
Jean-Jacques Barthélemy
(1716/1795)
A clergyman, archaeologist, numismatist, and man of letters, he was Keeper of the Cabinet of Medals at the King's Library. He was a member of the Academy of Inscriptions and Belles-Lettres and the French Academy. He was the author of *The Voyage of Young Anacharsis in Greece*.
Anatole Barthélemy (de)
(1821/1904)
An archaeologist and member of the French Society of Antiquaries, he published numerous works on numismatics and medieval archaeology.
Georges-Charles Bartholdi
(1762 /1849)
Chemist and pharmacist. He was also a professor of natural history in Colmar, and mayor of Munster from 1818 to 1830.