Sébastien Bottin

French statistician and politician

Sébastien Bottin
Sébastien Bottin in 1790
Born	17 December 1764 Grimonviller, Meurthe, France
Died	28 March 1853 (1853-03-29) (aged 88) Paris, France
Resting place	Père Lachaise Cemetery
Occupation	Statistician

Sébastien Bottin (1764–1853) was a French statistician and politician.

Early life

Sébastien Bottin was born on 17 December 1764 in Grimonviller, Meurthe, France.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Career

Bottin served as a member of the Chamber of Representatives during the Hundred Days from 11 May 1815 to 13 July 1815, representing Nord.^[2]

Bottin was the editor of the Almanach du commerce de Paris, founded by Jean de La Tynna.^[3]

Bottin was also the co-founder of the Société libre des Sciences et Arts de Strasbourg in 1799.^[3] He became a Knight of the Legion of Honour on 30 July 1814.^[2] He became a member of the Société des Antiquaires de France on 28 February 1818.^[3] He was awarded and honored by a prize in statistics from the Académie des Sciences in 1824, and received the honorary medal from the Société française de statistique universelle in 1833.^[3]

Death and legacy

Bottin died on 28 March 1853 in Paris, France.^[1]^[2] He was buried at the Père Lachaise Cemetery.^[4] The Rue Sébastien Bottin in the 7th arrondissement of Paris was named in his honor in 1929.^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b "Sébastien Bottin (1764-1853)". Bibliothèque nationale de France. Retrieved November 2, 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Sébastien Bottin". National Assembly. Retrieved November 2, 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e de Oliviera, Matthieu (2003). "Ma notice biographique jusqu'à mon arrivée à Paris, par Sébastien Bottin". Revue du Nord (in French). 1 (349): 163–182. doi:10.3917/rdn.349.0163.
^ Bauer, Paul (2006). Deux siècles d'histoire au Père Lachaise. Versailles: Mémoire & documents. p. 778. ISBN 9782914611480. OCLC 84152187.
^ Crémieux-Brilhac, Jean-Louis (August 10, 2011). "N'oublions pas Sébastien Bottin !". Le Monde. Retrieved November 2, 2016.