Victor Liotard

Victor Théophile Liotard (July 17, 1858 – August 22, 1916) was a pharmacist and French colonial administrator.

Liotard was born in Chandernagor, French India.

He trained as a marine pharmacist at the Rochefort naval medical school, from which he graduated with the rank of assistant pharmacist in 1881 and pursued a career as a pharmacist on military ships.

He accompanied Joseph Gallieni on an expedition to Sudan in 1886.

He then entered the health service of the colonies in 1891 and carried out a scientific mission in the French Congo.