Arsene Thiébaut de Berneaud

Arsene Thiébaut de Berneaud , soldier and agronomist French

It is a Agronome born with Sedan in 1770 and died in Paris in 1850. Resulting from a former famous family in Annals of Champagne and the the Ardennes, it made initially career in the armies of the Révolution. Its heroic control with the Bataille of Kaiserslautern in December 1793 was worth 5 wounds to him. One then found it in the Administration, the the Vosges and in Meurthe. In 1796 it joined the Général Moreau in Bavaria and saved, with the Combat of Kamlach, the life of an officer Hessois who will give him his daughter. In 1808 it entered to the Bibliothèque Mazarine like simple Bibliothécaire to finish preserving in 1849, little time before its death. It always knew to refuse the honors and decorations. Républicain convinced it did not flatter any government; all its works are the fruit of its personal work. He died poor. Its work is important.

Publications

Manual theoretical and practical of the French vine grower, or art to cultivate the vine, to make the wines, brandies and vinegars . Third re-examined edition. corrected, increased and decorated figures. Paris, Roret, 1827. This traditional published at Roret had appeared for the first time in 1823. The handbook was a great success abroad. There is an English translation as of 1829, Italian as of 1840.

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