Dupin, FRANÇOIS-PIERRE-CHARLES, BARON

Dupin, FRANÇOIS-PIERRE-CHARLES, BARON, was born in 1784, and served as an engineer under the Empire. In 1816–19 he made several visits to England and Ireland; the results of his investigations appeared in his chief work, Voyages dans la Grande Bretagne (6 vols. Paris, 1820–24). He was made a baron in 1824, a peer in 1837, and filled several posts, which he resigned in 1852. He died in 1873. His elder brother, André (1783–1863), was a statesman and lawyer, the author of several important works on legal subjects, and 4 vols. of memoirs (1855–61).