Jean-Baptiste-Louis Gros
Jean-Baptiste-Louis Gros | |
|---|---|
 Baron Gros in 1858 | |
| French senator | |
| Baron Gros | |
| In office September 1858 – 1870 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 8 February 1793 Ivry-sur-Seine |
| Died | 17 August 1870 Paris |
| Nationality | French |
| Awards |
|
| Military service | |
| Battles/wars | Second Opium War |
Jean-Baptiste-Louis Gros (1793–1870), also known as Baron Gros, was a French
photography.[1]
Life and career
He entered the French diplomatic service in 1823 and was given the title of
Minister Plenipotentiary to Athens
in 1850.
He served as
Anglo-French expedition to China (1856-1860).[2] On 9 October 1858, the Treaty of Amity and Commerce between France and Japan was concluded at Edo, to which he was a signatory; this treaty established diplomatic relations between the two imperial nations.[3]
In September 1858, he was named to the
French Senate, where he served until his death in 1870.[4]
He produced many famous photographs — chief among them those of the
The Great Exhibition of 1851 in London.[5]
Honours
Baron (1829)
Knight, Order of Santiago (1839)
Légion d'honneur (1861)
See also
- France-Japan relations (19th century)
- List of Ambassadors of France to the United Kingdom
Notes
- ^ www.senat.fr
- ^ Cousin de Montauban de Palikao (1932). L'expédition de Chine de 1860. Plon. p. 90.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link) - Hachette, (2001); 絹と光: 知られざる日仏交流100年の歴史 (江戶時代-1950年代) Kinu to hikariō: shirarezaru Nichi-Futsu kōryū 100-nen no rekishi (Edo jidai-1950-nendai). Tokyo: Ashetto Fujin Gahōsha (2002)
- ^ www.napoleon.org
- ^ www.bnf.fr
External links
Media related to Jean-Baptiste Louis Gros at Wikimedia Commons
| International | |
|---|---|
| National | |
| Artists | |
| |||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||
