Jean-Baptist Baille
Jean-Baptist Baille (* 1841 in Aix-en-Provence , † 1918 in Paris ) was a French scientist and industrialist.
Baille grew up in Aix-en-Provence, where his father was the owner of the Hôtel des Thermes . Together with Paul Cezanne and Émile Zola , he formed a trio that was called the lovebirds and that was enthusiastic about theater, literature and poetry. Between 1858 and 1861, when Zola was already in Paris, Baille was in close correspondence with him. In 1861 Baille was accepted into the École polytechnique in Paris and was in close contact with Zola until 1867. Baille then became an astronomer at the Paris Observatory and took over management positions in the factory for optical devices of his father-in-law.
Baille was portrayed by Zola in the novel The Work with the character Louis Dubuche, which Baille was not very happy about.
Works
- Jean-Baptist Baille: Production de l'électricité . Hachette, Paris 1890.
Individual evidence
- ^ A b c Jean-Sébastien Macke: Le site des archives Zola. Center Zola of the Institut des Textes et Manuscrits Modernes at the Université de la Sorbonne Nouvelle-Paris 3 , 2012, accessed on November 30, 2013 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Baille, Jean-Baptist |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Baille, Jean-Baptiste |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French scientist and industrialist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1841 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Aix-en-Provence |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1918 |
| Place of death | Paris |