Henri Bouchot

Marie François Xavier Henry Bouchot (; 26 September 1849, Beure - 10 October 1906, Paris) was a French art historian and conservator.

Biography Born to a modest family, his father died when he was only ten, and they moved to Besançon. He served in the Franco-Prussian War, with the Armée de l'Est.

In 1883, he founded the Revue Franc-comtoise, and began working for the at the Bibliothèque Nationale de France, under the direction of Henri Delaborde; helping to edit a catalogue, Les Portraits aux crayons des XVIe et XVIIe siècles. for his role in organizing the Exposition Universelle. Then, in 1904, he was elected to the Académie des Beaux-Arts, where he took Seat #10 in the "Unattached" section.

His death came suddenly. A street in Beure has been named after him. A bust on a pedestal, by Armand Bloch, was dedicated in Besançon in 1907. in a square that bears his name.