Joseph-Alexandre Bergon

1741–1824 (age 83)

Biography

Joseph-Alexandre Bergon was a distinguished French lawyer who practiced during the transformative legal period of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Born in 1741, he witnessed and participated in the evolution of French jurisprudence during a time of significant social and political change.

Bergon's contributions to the legal profession earned him a place of honor at Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris, where he was laid to rest. His career exemplified the intellectual rigor and dedication to justice characteristic of the French legal establishment of his era.

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