Commission des Sciences et des Arts
The Commission des Sciences et des Arts (Commission of the Sciences and Arts) was a French scientific and artistic institute. Established on 16 March 1798, it consisted of 167 members, of which all but 16 joined Napoleon Bonaparte's campaign in Egypt and produced the Description de l'Égypte (published in 37 Books from 1809 to around 1829). More than half were engineers and technicians, including 21 mathematicians, 3 astronomers, 17 civil engineers, 13 naturalists and mining engineers, geographers, 3 gunpowder engineers, 4 architects, 8 artists, 10 mechanical artists, 1 sculptor, 15 interpreters, 10 men of letters, 22 printers in Latin, Greek and Arabic characters. Bonaparte organised his scientific 'corps' like an army, dividing its members into 5 categories and assigning to each member a military rank and a defined military role (supply, billeting) beyond his scientific function.
the elder (1760–1819), mechanic
Pierre-Onésime Adnès
(1780–1820), mechanic
Simon-Onésime Adnès
(1762–1843), mechanic
François Sébastien Aimé
printer (Oriental section)
Felice Ansiglioni
(1766–1834), writer
Antoine-Vincent Arnault
(1776–1857), polytechnician (X 1796), engineer of the Ponts et Chaussées
Pierre Arnollet
(1752–1820), architect
Charles-Louis Balzac
(1752–1801), astronomer and diplomat
Pierre Joseph de Beauchamp
printer (French section)
Beaudoin
(1778–1808), orientalist and interpreter
B. Belletête
(1776–1853), polytechnician (X 1794), engineer of the Ponts et Chaussées
Denis Samuel Bernard
(1748–1822), chemist
Claude Louis Berthollet
(1776–1834), polytechnician (X 1794), geographical engineer
Jacques Antoine Bertre
(1777–1840), surgeon
Julien Bessières
printer (French section)
Besson
(1765–1799), engineer of the Ponts et Chaussées
Louis Victor Bodard
(1775–1845), marine engineer
A.-N.-F. Bonjean
(1778–1851), polytechnician (X 1794), ingénieur du génie maritime
Mathurin-François Boucher
(1748–1828), pharmacist in chief
Jean-Baptiste Pierre Boudet
Boulanger, printer (French section)
L. S. Bourgeois
printer (French section)
Boyer
(died 1830), interpreter
Damien Bracevich
general
Maximilien de Caffarelli du Falga
(died 1799), artist
Caquet
(1775–1852), polytechnicien (X 1794), engineer of the Ponts et Chaussées
Philippe Joseph Marie Caristie
(1731–1822), sculptor
Jean-Jacques Castex
(1766–1840), mechanic
François-Charles Cécile
comte (1773–1843), polytechnician (X 1794), engineer of the Ponts et Chaussées
Jacques Joseph Gaspard Antoine Chabrol de Volvic
père (1744–1816), chemist
Jacques-Pierre Champy
(1776–1801), polytechnicien (X 1794), chemist
Nicolas Champy
(1778–1845), polytechnicien (X 1794), gunpowder commissaire
Jean-Siméon Champy
(1774–1856), polytechnicien (X 1795), marine engineer
Jean François Chaumont
(died 1801), mechanic
Callixte-Victor Cirot
(died 1801), mechanic
Jean Colin
(1773–1815), chemist
H. V. Collet-Descotils
(1755–1805), director of mechanics
Nicolas-Jacques Conté
(1780–1801), botanist
Ernest Coquebert de Monbret
(1777–1859), polytechnician (X 1794), capitaine en premier dans le corps des ingénieurs géographes
Jean Baptiste Corabœuf
(1770–1832), geometer
Louis Alexandre de Corancez
(1777–1861), mineralogist
Pierre Louis Antoine Cordier
(1767–1842), geometer
Louis Costaz
(1748–1835), adjunct to the director of mechanics
Jean-Marie-Joseph Coutelle
mechanic
Couvreur
(1777–1861), orientalist
Jacques-Denis Delaporte
(1747–1825), writer, artist
Dominique Vivant Denon
mechanic
Desfours
(1775–1799), surgeon
A. J. Dewèvre
(1750–1801), mineralogist and geologist
Déodat Gratet de Dolomieu
printer (Oriental section)
G. de Dominicis
(1756–1837), doctor
Antoine Dubois
(born 1782), surgeon
Isidore Dubois
(born 1776), polytechnician (X 1794), printer (French section)
Nicolas Dubois
(1779–1846), engineer of the Ponts et Chaussées
Jean-Marie Dubois-Aymé
(1781–1847), engineer of the Ponts et Chaussées
Louis Duchanoy
(1776–1798), polytechnician (X 1795)
Jacques Auguste Dulion
(1777–1861), polytechnician (X 1794), ingénieur géographe
Victor Dupuis
(1753–1842), painter
André Dutertre
(1768–1798), engineer of the Ponts et Chaussées
Léonard Duval
(born 1782), printer (French section)
Ch. M. Eberhardt
head of the printer (Oriental section)
Elias Fatalla
(1760–1799), geographical engineer
J.-P. Faurie
(1776–1855), polytechnician (X 1796), engineer of the Ponts et Chaussées
Louis Joseph Favier
(1763–1825), engineer of the Ponts et Chaussées
Hervé Charles Antoine Faye
(1750–1809)
J.-L. Féraud
(1775–1850), polytechnician (X 1794), engineer of the Ponts et Chaussées
Jean Baptiste Simon Fèvre
artist
Pierre Denis Fouquet
(1768–1830), geometer
Joseph Fourier
(1763–1851), printer (French section)
Antoine Galland
(1772–1844), naturalist
Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire
(1779–1853), polytechnician (X 1798), naturalist
Alexandre Sébastien Gérard
(1765–1835), chief engineer of the Ponts et Chaussées
Pierre-Simon Girard
(1758–1800), administrator
Alexis Gloutier
(1776–1846), polytechnician (X 1795), shipbuilder
Philippe Greslé
(1766–1834), mechanic
Jean Charles Hassenfratz
(died 1800), mechanic
François Michel Hérault
(born 1775), mechanic
Jean-Baptiste Hochu
(1765–1827), geographical engineer
Pierre Jacotin
printer (French section)
Jardin
(1779–1847), orientalist and interpreter
Pierre Amédée Jaubert
(1776–1842), polytechnician (X 1794), engineer of the Ponts et Chaussées, entrusted with the hydraulic works in the Nile Delta
Jean-Baptiste Prosper Jollois
(1774–1798), painter
Louis Auguste Joly
(1777–1862), polytechnician (X 1794), geographical engineer and archaeologist
Edme François Jomard
(1780–1868), student geographical engineer
Jean-Baptiste Jomard
(1766–1835), doctor
Jean Joseph Labâte
(born 1776), surgeon
Jean-Baptiste Lacipière
(1774–1807), polytechnician (X 1794), engineer of the Ponts et Chaussées
Michel Ange Lancret
(died 1799), printer (French section)
X. Laporte
(1778–1806), polytechnician (X 1795), geographical engineer
François Laroche
(died 1801)
Le Brun
(1772–1827), geographical engineer
Bienheureux Lecesne
(born 1772), antiquary
Louis Marie Leduc
(died 1799), geographical engineer
Pierre Eustache Leduc
interprètre
Lenoble
(1776–1827), mechanic
Pierre Lenoir
(1761–1844), architect
Jean-Baptiste Lepère
(1769–1832), chief engineer of the Ponts et Chaussées
Gratien Le Père
(1763–1841), chief engineer of the Ponts et Chaussées
Jacques-Marie Le Père
(died 1801), chemist
Lerouge
printer (French section)
Lethioux
(born 1760), geographical engineer
J. F. L. Levesque
interpreter
Santi Jean-Baptiste L'Homaca
(1770–1854), mechanic
Amable Nicolas Lhomond
(1763–1846), printer (Oriental section)
F. Maccagni
(1776–1854), director of printers
Jean-Joseph Marcel
printer (French section)
Marlet
(1771–1855), engineer of the Ponts et Chaussées
Pierre-Denis Martin
(1778–1851), astronome
Jérôme Isaac Méchain
imprimeur section orientale
Antonio Mesabki
(1780–1842), polytechnician (X 1794), engineer of the Ponts et Chaussées
Benoît Marie Moline de Saint-Yon
comte de Péluse (1746–1818), mathematician
Gaspard Monge
(1759–1836), botanist
Hippolyte Nectoux
(1756–1832), architect
Charles Norry
(1740–1811), astronomer
Nicolas-Antoine Nouet
(died 1798), orientalist and interpreter
Panhusen
(1759–1834), writer
François-Auguste Parseval-Grandmaison
printer (Oriental section)
L. Pellegrini
(1773–1868), mechanic
Charles Plazanet
(1778–1842), polytechnician (X 1794), engineer of the Ponts et Chaussées
Paul Nicaise Pottier
(1775- ?), polytechnician (X 1795), ingénieur géographe
Roland Victor Pottier
(1770–1838), surgeon
François Pouqueville
antiquary
Pourlier
(1769–1837), architect
Jean Constantin Protain
(1758–1812), printer (French section)
J.-J. Puntis
(born 1761), astronomer
François Marie Quenot
(1778–1850), botanist
Alire Raffeneau-Delile
(1773–1843), engineer of the Ponts et Chaussées
Adrien Raffeneau-Delile
(1777–1810), orientalist
Louis Rémy Raige
(1766–1852), painter
Henri-Joseph Redouté
(1762–1819), politician
Michel-Louis-Étienne Regnaud de Saint-Jean d'Angély
(1776–1823), polytechnicien (X 1794), engineer of the Ponts et Chaussées, adjunct to Bertholet and entrusted with controlling the currency in Cairo
Joseph Angélique Sébastien Regnault
(1777–1848), printer (Oriental section)
G. Renno
(1772–1852), compositor
Henri Jean Rigel
(1770–1815), painter
Michel Rigo
(1775–1823), antiquary
Louis Ripault
printer (French section)
Rivet
(born 1771), pharmacist
Alexandre Roguin
printer (French section)
N. Roselli
(1769–1831), pharmacist
Pierre Charles Rouyer
(1773–1842), mining engineer
François Michel de Rozière
printer (Oriental section)
C. Ruga
(1772–1834), polytechnician (X 1794), engineer of the Ponts et Chaussées
Alexandre de Saint-Genis
(died 1799), knight of Malta
André Louis de Saint-Simon
(1777–1851), zoologist
Marie Jules César Lelorgne de Savigny
(died 1810), geographical engineer
Pierre Simonel
(1735–1798), chief geographical engineer
Dominique Testevuide
(1772–1798), polytechnicien (X 1794), engineer of the Ponts et Chaussées
Claude François Thévenod
(1739–1799), chief interpreter
Jean Michel de Venture de Paradis
Very, printer (French section)
(1780–1855), polytechnician (X 1794), inspector general of the Ponts et Chaussées, employed in leveling the Suez isthmus
René Édouard de Villiers du Terrage
(1759–1839), musicographer
Guillaume André Villoteau
(1779–1818), polytechnician (X 1796), marine engineer
Jean Pierre Séraphin Vincent
(born 1780), engineer of the Ponts et Chaussées
Louis Vincent
Some members, like Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, Monge, or Vivant Denon, are universally remembered but most have been all but forgotten. Some became members of the Institut d'Égypte.