Louis-Victor Bodard

Louis-Victor Bodard (* 1765 in Caen , † 1799 in Cairo ) was a French engineer.

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Bodard studied at the École nationale des ponts et chaussées and after his successful graduation got a job in the Corps des ingénieurs des ponts et chaussées .

When Napoleon founded the Commission des sciences et des arts on March 16, 1798 , he brought Bodard in as well. This council of scholars accompanied Napoleon on his campaign to Egypt and was commissioned to scientifically examine and describe the conquered territory.

Bodard researched the canal, known since the Ptolemaic period, and its economic use for France. He became infected and died of the plague in Cairo . He found his final resting place in a mass grave on the outskirts.

Bodard's work results later flowed into the Description de l'Égypte .

literature

• Yves Laissus: L'Égypte. Une aventure savante avec Bonaparte, Kléber , Menou ; 1798-1801 . Fayard, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-213-60096-1 .
• Édouard de Villiers du Terrage: L'expédition d'Égypte. Journal d'un jeune savant engagé dans l'état-major de Bonaparte, 1798–1801 . Editions Cosmopole, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84630-009-7 (former title: Journal et souvenirs sur l'expédition d'Égypte. 1798–1801 ).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Later known as Mahmudiyyakanal .