Victor Dessaignes (31 December 1800 – 4 January 1885) was a French lawyer, physician and chemist.
Dessaignes was able to react benzoylchloride with zinc salt of glycine to produce hippuric acid in 1873.
[1] Dessaigne's 1835 doctoral thesis dissertation was titled "Les Corps Analogues par leurs Propriétés Chimiques se Ressemblent-ils par les Modifications qu'ils Impriment aux Organes des Animaux Vivants?"
Between 1836 and 1838 he taught anatomy and physiology at Vendôme at a school run by Père Duchesne.
Dessaignes received the 1860 Jecker prize and was made chevalier of the Legion of Honor in 1863.