| Sébastien Bottin | |
| Birth Date: | 17 December 1764 |
| Birth Place: | Grimonviller, Meurthe, France |
| Death Place: | Paris, France |
| Resting Place: | Père Lachaise Cemetery |
| Occupation: | Statistician |
Sébastien Bottin (1764–1853) was a French statistician and politician.
Sébastien Bottin was born on 17 December 1764 in Grimonviller, Meurthe, France.[1] [2] [3]
Bottin served as a member of the Chamber of Representatives during the Hundred Days from 11 May 1815 to 13 July 1815, representing Nord.[2]
Bottin was the editor of the Almanach du commerce de Paris, founded by Jean de La Tynna.[3]
Bottin was also the co-founder of the Société libre des Sciences et Arts de Strasbourg in 1799.[3] He became a Knight of the Legion of Honour on 30 July 1814.[2] He became a member of the Société des Antiquaires de France on 28 February 1818.[3] He was awarded and honored by a prize in statistics from the Académie des Sciences in 1824, and received the honorary medal from the Société française de statistique universelle in 1833.[3]
Bottin died on 28 March 1853 in Paris, France.[1] [2] He was buried at the Père Lachaise Cemetery.[4] The Rue Sébastien Bottin in the 7th arrondissement of Paris was named in his honor in 1929.[5]