Théophile Bidard Explained

Théophile Bidard
Office:Mayor of Rennes
Term Start:1870
Term End:1871
Predecessor:Armand Gaultier de la Guistière
Successor:Edgar Le Bastard
Birth Date:11 March 1804
Birth Place:Rennes, France
Death Place:Rennes, France
Nationality:French
Party:Moderate Republicans

Théophile Bidard de la Noë (11 March 1804 – 23 October 1877) was a French politician and law professor, although he might be most remembered as the employer and principal witness for the prosecution against serial killer Hélène Jégado in 1851.[1]

Bidard was born in Rennes in 1804.[2] He sat in the Constituent Assembly from 1848 to 1849 as a moderate republican and in the National Assembly from 1871 to 1876 as a member of the Orléanist parliamentary group, Centre droit.

He served as Mayor of Rennes.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Cage, E. Claire . The Science of Proof: Forensic Medicine in Modern France . 2022-09-01 . Cambridge University Press . 978-1-009-19838-7 . 70 . en.
  2. Book: Dictionnaire biographique d'Ille et Villaine . 1895 . Jouve . 67 . fr.