Images Dated 18th May 2009 (page 4)

Andre Tardieu, French statesman, 1919. Tardieu (1876-1945) was elected to Frances Chamber of Deputies in 1914. In 1919 he was Prime Minister George Clemenceaus lieutenant at the Paris Peace

Adolphe Willette, French artist, 1913. A photograph from Album de Photographies dans L Intimite de Personnages Illustres, 1860-1925, 9th album, Editions MD, Paris

Clement Ader, French engineer and inventor, 1915. Ader (1841-1925) is best known for his work in aviation. In 1890 his aircraft Eole became the first self-propelled aircraft to take off and fly

Marie-Louise Jay Cognacq, French retailer, 1912. Marie-Louise Jay founded the La Samaritaine department store in Paris in 1869, in collaboration with her future husband, Ernest Cognacq

Ernest Cognacq, French retailer, 1912. Together with Marie-Louise Jay, whom he later married, Cognacq (1839-1828) founded the La Samaritaine department store in Paris in 1869

Gabriel Hanotaux, French statesman, 1901. Hanotaux (1853-1944) was French Foreign Minister from 1894-1898. His colonial policies in Africa were instrumental in causing the dispute between Britain

Joris-Karl Huysmans, French novelist, 1900. A photograph from Album de Photographies dans L Intimite de Personnages Illustres, 1860-1925, 9th album, Editions MD, Paris

Professor Felix Guyon, French surgeon and urologist, 1903. Guyon (1831-1920) was the first professor of urology in Paris. He is also credited with discovering the ulnar canal in the wrist

Francisque Poulbot, French cartoonist and illustrator, 1909. A photograph from Album de Photographies dans L Intimite de Personnages Illustres, 1860-1925, 9th album, Editions MD, Paris

Wilbur Wright, American aviator, and Leon Bollee, French inventor and car manufacturer, 1908. The pair are photographed outside Bollees factory

Marcellin Berthelot, French organic chemist and politician, 1903. Pierre-Eugene Marcellin Berthelot (1827-1907) worked on explosives and dyes

Jeanne Julia Bartet, French actress, 1901. A photograph from Album de Photographies dans L Intimite de Personnages Illustres, 1860-1925, 9th album, Editions MD, Paris

Louis Pasteur, French chemist and microbiologist, 1893. Pasteur (1822-1895), was a pioneering scientist who founded the science of microbiology, proved the germ theory of disease

Camille Groult, French art collector, 1903. The inheritor of a milling fortune, Groult (1837-1908) accumulated a large collection of works of art which he later donated to the Louvre

Edmond de Goncourt, French author, 1891. Goncourt (1822-1896) was an author, critic and publisher. He bequeathed his entire estate for the foundation of the Academie Goncourt, which, since 1903

Jules de Goncourt, French author, 1868. De Goncourt (1830-1870) published books in collaboration with his brother, Edmond

Auguste Villiers de l Isle-Adam, French Symbolist writer, 1882. A photograph from Album de Photographies dans L Intimite de Personnages Illustres, 1860-1925, 9th album, Editions MD, Paris

Pierre Napoleon Bonaparte, 1868. Pierre Napoleon Bonaparte (1815-1881) was the sun of Lucien Bonaparte and a nephew of Napoleon

Alexandre Dumas, the Elder, French novelist and playwright, c1865. Dumas (1802-1870) was the author of popular historical adventure classics including The Man in the Iron Mask

Claude Debussy, French composer, 1909. Debussy (1862-1918) is regarded as one of the foremost French composers. A photograph from Album de Photographies dans L Intimite de Personnages Illustres

Francisque Sarcey, French journalist and drama critic, 1895. A photograph from Album de Photographies dans L Intimite de Personnages Illustres, 1850-1900, 2nd album, Editions MD, Paris

Georges Boulanger, French general and politician, with other army officers, 1888. A reactionary politician, Boulanger (1837-1891) gained great popularity in the second half of the 1880s

Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr, French critic, journalist and novelist, 1889. A photograph from Album de Photographies dans L Intimite de Personnages Illustres, 1850-1900, 2nd album, Editions MD, Paris

Louis Pasteur, French chemist and microbiologist, 1852. Pasteur (1822-1895), was a pioneering scientist who founded the science of microbiology, proved the germ theory of disease

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