Ernest Grandidier

Ernest Grandidier (2 December 1833 – 1 July 1912) was a French industrialist, naturalist and art collector.

After the five months M. Janssen fell ill and returned to France but the two brothers continued their journey going on to South America in 1858 and 1859.

They went to Bolivia and Peru, where they explored the mineral mining regions and Inca sites, Chile and the passes between Santiago and Buenos Aires.

Ernest published an account of their travels and collections in 1861 as Voyages dans Amerique du Sud, Perou et Bolivie (Paris, J. Claye for Michel Levy Freres).

He wrote La Ceramique Chinoise, Porcelain Orientale Paris Librairie De Firmin-Didto Et Cie (1894) and many articles on Chinese ceramics.