Marie Francois Xavier Bichat, b. 1771, d. 1802,a French anatomist and physiologist of eminence.His principal works are a "Traite des Membranes,""Anatomie generale appliquee a la Physiologie et a la Medecine," and "Recherches Physiologiques sur la Vie et la Mort." He died at an early age from constant exposure to noxious exhalations during his researches.
Pierre Francois Tissot, b. 1768, d. 1864, a French writer of the Revolution and Empire. In 1812 he was appointed by Napoleon editor of the Gazette de France. He wrote histories of the Revolution, of Napoleon and of France. He was likewise a poet and author of a work entitled "Les trois Irlandais Conjures,ou l'ombre d'Emmet," and is believed to have edited Foy's "History of the Peninsular War."