Ernest François Fournier | |
Birth Date: | 23 May 1842 |
Birth Place: | Toulouse, France |
Death Place: | Paris, France |
Allegiance: | France |
Branch: | French Navy |
Serviceyears: | 1859–1907 |
Battles: | Franco-Prussian War |
Awards: | Legion of Honour (1905) Médaille militaire (1907) |
Ernest François Fournier (23 May 1842–6 November 1934) was a French diplomat and admiral born in Toulouse. He was a negotiator in the Tientsin Accord, which resolved the undeclared war between France and China in 1884.[1]
He joined the navy in 1859, and fought in the Franco-Prussian War, seeing action in Battle of Villiers and Fort Rosny. He was also in charge of the French Mediterranean Sea naval squadron from 1898 until 1900.[1]