Andreossy

Andreossy, ANTOINE FRANÇOIS, COUNT, an eminent French general and statesman, was born on March 6, 1761, at Castelnau, in Languedoc. He entered the artillery in 1781, joined the Revolutionists, rose rapidly in military rank, served under Bonaparte in Italy and Egypt, and took part in the revolution of the 18th Brumaire. He served as ambassador at London, at Vienna, and at Constantinople, from which he was recalled at the Restoration. He was raised to the peerage by Napoleon after his return from Elba. After the battle of Waterloo, he advocated the recall of the Bourbons; but as deputy he generally took part with the opposition. He was elected to the Academy in 1826, and died at Montauban on September 10, 1828. He was a man of eminent scientific attainments, one of his earliest works being the Histoire Générale du Canal du Midi. Besides his scientific works, he wrote several military Mémoires.