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''' Nadaillac'''
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=== House Notes ===
1889.02.16 New Member proposed. The Marquis de Nadaillac was proposed for election as a Corresponding Member<br />1894.12.11 proposed as Hon. Fellow<br />death noted in report for the council for 1904: The Marquis de Nadailhac had long been an Honorary Fellow of the Institute. Embarked on a political career, he soon abandoned it in order to devote himself wholly to the study of philosophy and anthropology. His numerous works on the prehistory of Europe and America are too well known to require mention: his loss will be deeply regretted by all students of prehistoric anthropology <br />
=== Notes From Elsewhere ===
Jean-François-Albert du Pouget, Marquis de Nadaillac (16 July 1818, London – 1 October 1904, Rougemont, Cloyes-sur-le-Loir) was a French anthropologist and palaeontologist.<br />The scion of an old French family, he devoted his earlier years to public affairs, and served in 1871 and 1877 respectively as Préfet of the Departments of Basses-Pyrénées and Indre-et-Loire. On completing his term of office he retired into private life and devoted himself to scientific research, chiefly in the lines of palæontology and anthropology, giving particular attention to American questions, upon which he was a leading authority. He had much to do with the exploration of the caves of southern France, being especially interested in cave drawings. He studied deeply the relation of science to faith, and was an earnest Catholic. He died at his ancestral chateau of Rougemont, near Cloyes, Department of Eure-et-Loir. He was a member of learned societies in every part of the world, including several in the United States, and he held decorations from half a dozen governments, besides being a chevalier of the Légion d'honneur. He was also a correspondent of the Institut de France.<br />