Ulysse Trélat (13 November 1798 – 29 January 1879) was a French

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and

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. He was briefly Minister of Public Works in 1848.

Life

Ulysse Trélat was born on 13 November 1798 in Montargis, Loiret, the son of a notary. Trélat became a military surgeon in 1813. He interned at Charenton, and became a doctor in medicine in 1821. Trélat was a doctor at the Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital in 1838. Trélat was a founding member of the lodge ''Aide de toi, le ciel t'aidera''. He was editor of the ''Patriote du Puy-de-Dôme''. He became colonel in the National Guard, representative for

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) from 1871 to 1874. He died on 29 January 1879 in

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, Alpe-Maritimes.

Family

Trélat married Marie Jeanne Louise Potin (d. 1838) on 30 December 1826. Their first child was

Émile Trélat Émile Trélat (6 March 1821 – 30 October 1907) was a French politician. He was the son of Ulysse Trélat and great-grandfather of Gabriel Richet. He graduated at the École Centrale Paris in 1840. He first managed the ceramic factory o ...

, born in Paris on 6 March 1821 and later legitimized, who went on to become a Deputy for the Seine from 1891 to 1898. They also had a daughter and two other sons, Alphonse and

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(1828-1890). The latter became a distinguished surgeon and professor.

References

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