André Berthelot

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André Berthelot

André Marcel Berthelot (20 May 1862 – 6 June 1938) was the son of the chemist and politician Marcellin Berthelot and Sophie Berthelot and a député of the Seine.[1]

He was secretary-general of the Grande Encyclopédie starting with the fourth volume.[2] He was also a banker, a professor in ancient history, a vice-president of the École des hautes études, and a member of the École de Rome. He was the founding chairman of the Banque Industrielle de Chine and led its board until the bank's failure in 1921.

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  1. ^ Toutain, Jules (1937). "André Berthelot (1862-1938)". Annuaires de l'École pratique des hautes études. 51 (47): 43–44. doi:10.3406/ephe.1937.17407.
  2. ^ Bonnier, Charles; Candar, Gilles (2001). Les Souvenirs de Charles Bonnier: Un intellectuel socialiste européen à la belle époque (in French). Presses Univ. Septentrion. p. 147. ISBN 978-2-85939-634-3.

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