Ernest Henri Dubois

Ernest Henri Dubois (French pronunciation: [ɛʁnɛst ɑ̃ʁi dybwa]; March 16, 1863 in Dieppe; December 30, 1930 in Paris), was a French sculptor.

He enrolled in 1881 at the École des Arts décoratiif and then attended the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris where he studied under Alexandre Falguière, Henri Chapu and Jules Chaplain.

It was his award of the commission to carry out the sculptural work on the tomb of Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet in Meaux Cathedral that gave his career a boost and saw him awarded a Medal of Honour and subsequently he became a Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur.

La bataille du 13 prairial an II also known as the battle of Prairial or the third battle of Ouessant was an important naval battle between the fleets of France and Britain and took place between 28 May and 1 June 1794.

[10] Dubois also designed several public monuments erected in Romania: Some of these monuments were destroyed during the Communist period.

Ernest Henri Dubois c. 1900
Dubois' central bronze composition on the Dieppe War Memorial