Jérôme-Adolphe Blanqui

[1] He began his career as an instructor, giving his time to chemistry and other sciences allied to medicine, acting as assistant professor of the humanities in the Institution Massin, a Paris secondary school.

This job brought him into connection with Say, who procured for young Blanqui the chair of History and Industrial Economy at the School of Commerce in Paris (now ESCP Europe).

In an article published for the bicentenary of the school in 2019, Ghislain Deslandes also exhibits his central role in the development of business education in France.

[3] As he explains in this text, "combatting ugliness, knowing how to deal with difference, leading by example while keeping pace with technological developments: such are the key messages of Blanqui’s work, and his legacy to posterity.

These elements represent the backbone, and reflect the decidedly European character, of Blanqui’s legacy to management teaching and research.