Jean-François-Albert du Pouget

Jean-François-Albert du Pouget, Marquis de Nadaillac (16 July 1818, in London – 1 October 1904, in Rougemont, Cloyes-sur-le-Loir) was a French anthropologist and palaeontologist.

The scion of an old French family, he devoted his earlier years to public affairs, and served in 1871 and 1877 respectively as Préfet of the Departments of Basses-Pyrénées and Indre-et-Loire.

On completing his term of office he retired into private life and devoted himself to scientific research, chiefly in the lines of palæontology and anthropology, giving particular attention to American questions, upon which he was a leading authority.

He was a member of learned societies in every part of the world, including several in the United States, and he held decorations from half a dozen governments, besides being a chevalier of the Légion d'honneur.

[1] Most of these appeared first either in the journal of the Institut de France or in the Revue des Questions Scientifiques of Louvain and Brussels.