[4] In 1834 he received a doctorate in medicine,[note 1] but he did not practice and instead he engaged in the application of science to industry.

[6][2] [7] His scientific contributions were mostly short and practical notes in chemical processes, but his principal work was the publication of the Moniteur Scientifique, an important monthly particularly devoted to theoretical and applied chemistry, of which he was editor, publisher, and director until his death.

[3] Eventually it was titled Le Moniteur Scientifique Du Docteur Quesneville.

Gustave Quesneville rests at the Pere Lachaise Cemetery together with his wife, born Charlotte Durey (died in 1892).

[7] Auguste Laurent, a founder of the organic chemistry, published his seminal papers in Revue scientifique du Dr. Quesneville during 1840-1845.