The Commission des Sciences et des Arts (Commission of the Sciences and Arts) was a French scientific and artistic institute. Established on 16 March 1798, it consisted of 167 members, of which all but 16 joined Napoleon Bonaparte's campaign in Egypt and produced the Description de l'Égypte (published in 37 Books from 1809 to around 1829). More than half were engineers and technicians, including 21 mathematicians, 3 astronomers, 17 civil engineers, 13 naturalists and mining engineers, geographers, 3 gunpowder engineers, 4 architects, 8 artists, 10 mechanical artists, 1 sculptor, 15 interpreters, 10 men of letters, 22 printers in Latin, Greek and Arabic characters. Bonaparte organised his scientific 'corps' like an army, dividing its members into 5 categories and assigning to each member a military rank and a defined military role (supply, billeting) beyond his scientific function.
Members
Some members, like Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, Monge, or Vivant Denon, are universally remembered but most have been all but forgotten. Some became members of the Institut d'Égypte.
Pierre-Onésime Adnès the elder (1760–1819), mechanic
Simon-Onésime Adnès, (1780–1820), mechanic
François Sébastien Aimé (1762–1843), mechanic
Bertrand Alibert (1775–1808), polytechnician (X 1794), engineer of the Ponts et Chaussées
Felice Ansiglioni, printer (Oriental section)
Antoine-Vincent Arnault (1766–1834), writer
Pierre Arnollet (1776–1857), polytechnician (X 1796), engineer of the Ponts et Chaussées
Charles-Louis Balzac (1752–1820), architect
Pierre Joseph de Beauchamp (1752–1801), astronomer and diplomat
Beaudoin, printer (French section)
B. Belletête (1778–1808), orientalist and interpreter
Denis Samuel Bernard (1776–1853), polytechnician (X 1794), engineer of the Ponts et Chaussées
Claude Louis Berthollet (1748–1822), chemist
Jacques Antoine Bertre (1776–1834), polytechnician (X 1794), geographical engineer
Julien Bessières (1777–1840), surgeon
Besson, printer (French section)
Louis Victor Bodard (1765–1799), engineer of the Ponts et Chaussées
A.-N.-F. Bonjean (1775–1845), marine engineer
Mathurin-François Boucher (1778–1851), polytechnician (X 1794), ingénieur du génie maritime
Jean-Baptiste Pierre Boudet (1748–1828), pharmacist in chief
Boulanger, printer (French section)
L. S. Bourgeois
Boyer, printer (French section)
Damien Bracevich (died 1830), interpreter
Maximilien de Caffarelli du Falga, general
Caquet (died 1799), artist
Philippe Joseph Marie Caristie (1775–1852), polytechnicien (X 1794), engineer of the Ponts et Chaussées
Jean-Jacques Castex (1731–1822), sculptor
François-Charles Cécile (1766–1840), mechanic
comte Jacques Joseph Gaspard Antoine Chabrol de Volvic (1773–1843), polytechnician (X 1794), engineer of the Ponts et Chaussées
père Jacques-Pierre Champy (1744–1816), chemist
Nicolas Champy (1776–1801), polytechnicien (X 1794), chemist
Jean-Siméon Champy (1778–1845), polytechnicien (X 1794), gunpowder commissaire
Jean François Chaumont (1774–1856), polytechnicien (X 1795), marine engineer
Callixte-Victor Cirot (died 1801), mechanic
Jean Colin (died 1801), mechanic
H. V. Collet-Descotils (1773–1815), chemist
Nicolas-Jacques Conté (1755–1805), director of mechanics
Ernest Coquebert de Monbret (1780–1801), botanist
Jean Baptiste Corabœuf (1777–1859), polytechnician (X 1794), capitaine en premier dans le corps des ingénieurs géographes
Louis Alexandre de Corancez (1770–1832), geometer
Pierre Louis Antoine Cordier (1777–1861), mineralogist
Louis Costaz (1767–1842), geometer
Jean-Marie-Joseph Coutelle (1748–1835), adjunct to the director of mechanics
Couvreur, mechanic
Jacques-Denis Delaporte (1777–1861), orientalist
Dominique Vivant Denon (1747–1825), writer, artist
Desfours, mechanic
A. J. Dewèvre (1775–1799), surgeon
Déodat Gratet de Dolomieu (1750–1801), mineralogist and geologist
G. de Dominicis, printer (Oriental section)
Antoine Dubois (1756–1837), doctor
Isidore Dubois (born 1782), surgeon
Nicolas Dubois (born 1776), polytechnician (X 1794), printer (French section)
Jean-Marie Dubois-Aymé (1779–1846), engineer of the Ponts et Chaussées
Louis Duchanoy (1781–1847), engineer of the Ponts et Chaussées
Jacques Auguste Dulion (1776–1798), polytechnician (X 1795)
Victor Dupuis (1777–1861), polytechnician (X 1794), ingénieur géographe
André Dutertre (1753–1842), painter
Léonard Duval (1768–1798), engineer of the Ponts et Chaussées
Ch. M. Eberhardt (born 1782), printer (French section)
Elias Fatalla, head of the printer (Oriental section)
J.-P. Faurie (1760–1799), geographical engineer
Louis Joseph Favier (1776–1855), polytechnician (X 1796), engineer of the Ponts et Chaussées
Hervé Charles Antoine Faye (1763–1825), engineer of the Ponts et Chaussées
J.-L. Féraud (1750–1809)
Jean Baptiste Simon Fèvre (1775–1850), polytechnician (X 1794), engineer of the Ponts et Chaussées
Pierre Denis Fouquet, artist
Joseph Fourier (1768–1830), geometer
Antoine Galland (1763–1851), printer (French section)
Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1772–1844), naturalist
Alexandre Sébastien Gérard (1779–1853), polytechnician (X 1798), naturalist
Pierre-Simon Girard (1765–1835), chief engineer of the Ponts et Chaussées
Alexis Gloutier (1758–1800), administrator
Philippe Greslé (1776–1846), polytechnician (X 1795), shipbuilder
Jean Charles Hassenfratz (1766–1834), mechanic
François Michel Hérault (died 1800), mechanic
Jean-Baptiste Hochu (born 1775), mechanic
Pierre Jacotin (1765–1827), geographical engineer
Jardin, printer (French section)
Pierre Amédée Jaubert (1779–1847), orientalist and interpreter
Jean-Baptiste Prosper Jollois (1776–1842), polytechnician (X 1794), engineer of the Ponts et Chaussées, entrusted with the hydraulic works in the Nile Delta
Louis Auguste Joly (1774–1798), painter
Edme François Jomard (1777–1862), polytechnician (X 1794), geographical engineer and archaeologist
Jean-Baptiste Jomard (1780–1868), student geographical engineer
Jean Joseph Labâte (1766–1835), doctor
Jean-Baptiste Lacipière (born 1776), surgeon
Michel Ange Lancret (1774–1807), polytechnician (X 1794), engineer of the Ponts et Chaussées
X. Laporte (died 1799), printer (French section)
François Laroche (1778–1806), polytechnician (X 1795), geographical engineer
Le Brun (died 1801)
Bienheureux Lecesne (1772–1827), geographical engineer
Louis Marie Leduc (born 1772), antiquary
Pierre Eustache Leduc (died 1799), geographical engineer
Lenoble, interpreter
Pierre Lenoir (1776–1827), mechanic
Jean-Baptiste Lepère (1761–1844), architect
Gratien Le Père (1769–1832), chief engineer of the Ponts et Chaussées
Jacques-Marie Le Père (1763–1841), chief engineer of the Ponts et Chaussées
Lerouge (died 1801), chemist
Lethioux, printer (French section)
J. F. L. Levesque (born 1760), geographical engineer
Santi Jean-Baptiste L'Homaca, interpreter
Amable Nicolas Lhomond (1770–1854), mechanic
F. Maccagni (1763–1846), printer (Oriental section)
Jean-Joseph Marcel (1776–1854), director of printers
Marlet, printer (French section)
Pierre-Dominique Martin (1771–1855), engineer of the Ponts et Chaussées
Jérôme Isaac Méchain (1778–1851), astronome
Antonio Mesabki, imprimeur section orientale
Benoît Marie Moline de Saint-Yon (1780–1842), polytechnician (X 1794), engineer of the Ponts et Chaussées
Gaspard Monge, comte de Péluse (1746–1818), mathematician
Hippolyte Nectoux (1759–1836), botanist
Charles Norry (1756–1832), architect
Nicolas-Antoine Nouet (1740–1811), astronomer
Panhusen (died 1798), orientalist and interpreter
François-Auguste Parseval-Grandmaison (1759–1834), writer
L. Pellegrini, printer (Oriental section)
Charles Plazanet (1773–1868), mechanic
Paul Nicaise Pottier (1778–1842), polytechnician (X 1794), engineer of the Ponts et Chaussées
Roland Victor Pottier (1775- ?), polytechnician (X 1795), ingénieur géographe
François Pouqueville (1770–1838), surgeon
Pourlier, antiquary
Jean Constantin Protain (1769–1837), architect
J.-J. Puntis (1758–1812), printer (French section)
François Marie Quenot (born 1761), astronomer
Alire Raffeneau-Delile (1778–1850), botanist
Adrien Raffeneau-Delile (1773–1843), engineer of the Ponts et Chaussées
Louis Rémy Raige (1777–1810), orientalist
Henri-Joseph Redouté (1766–1852), painter
Michel-Louis-Étienne Regnaud de Saint-Jean d'Angély (1762–1819), politician
Joseph Angélique Sébastien Regnault (1776–1823), polytechnicien (X 1794), engineer of the Ponts et Chaussées, adjunct to Bertholet and entrusted with controlling the currency in Cairo
G. Renno (1777–1848), printer (Oriental section)
Henri Jean Rigel (1772–1852), compositor
Michel Rigo (1770–1815), painter
Louis Ripault (1775–1823), antiquary
Rivet, printer (French section)
Alexandre Roguin (born 1771), pharmacist
N. Roselli, printer (French section)
Pierre Charles Rouyer (1769–1831), pharmacist
François Michel de Rozière (1773–1842), mining engineer
C. Ruga, printer (Oriental section)
Alexandre de Saint-Genis (1772–1834), polytechnician (X 1794), engineer of the Ponts et Chaussées
André Louis de Saint-Simon (died 1799), knight of Malta
Marie Jules César Lelorgne de Savigny (1777–1851), zoologist
Pierre Simonel (died 1810), geographical engineer
Jean-Lambert Tallien (1767–1820), National Convention member
Dominique Testevuide (1735–1798), chief geographical engineer
Claude François Thévenod (1772–1798), polytechnicien (X 1794), engineer of the Ponts et Chaussées
Jean Michel de Venture de Paradis (1739–1799), chief interpreter
Very, printer (French section)
Jacques Antoine Viard (1783–1849), student of the École nationale des ponts et chaussées
René Édouard de Villiers du Terrage (1780–1855), polytechnician (X 1794), inspector general of the Ponts et Chaussées, employed in leveling the Suez isthmus
Guillaume André Villoteau (1759–1839), musicographer
Jean Pierre Séraphin Vincent (1779–1818), polytechnician (X 1796), marine engineer
Louis Vincent (born 1780), engineer of the Ponts et Chaussées