title: [The professor 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.
authors.forename: Colette
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Charlot
mesh_terms: D005178:Faculty / Q000266:history*; D005602:France; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D006801:Humans; D014116:Toxicology / Q000266:history*