
| Location |
France
|
|---|---|
| Type | Commemorative medals |
| Year | 1878 |
| Composition | Bronze |
| Weight | 22.8 g |
| Diameter | 37 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Issued | 10 June 1878 |
| Number | N# 554873 |
Auguste Bella centenary and half-centenary of Grignon
Bust on the right of Augustin Bella, first director of the royal agronomic institution at Grignon.
Lettering: AUGUSTE BELLA – FONDATr. DE GRIGNON
Unabridged legend: Auguste Belle - Fondateur de Grignon.
Engraver: Alfred Borrel
7-line legend within a laurel wreath
Script: Latin
Lettering: CENTENAIRE / D'AUGUSTE BELLA / DEMI CENTENAIRE / DE LA FONDATION / DE GRIGNON / 10 JUIN / 1878
This medal was issued to :
- commemorate the half-centenary of the Ecole de Grignon (1826-1876), which has been training agricultural engineers since 1826. The school continues its activities today under the name AgroParisTech.
- to commemorate the centenary of Auguste Bella (1777-1856), career military officer, Chevalier de l'Empire, and founder of the École d'agriculture de Grignon, as well as director until 1850.
This medal also exists in silver, and a similar medal was issued for the school's centenary in 1926.
The Château de Grignon was purchased in 1826 by Charles X, who founded the Institut Royale Agronomique de Grignon to train agricultural engineers, who were welcomed in 1828 by the first director, Auguste Bella. The name of the school changed with the regimes: Ecole Régionale d'Agriculture under the Second Republic, Ecole Impériale d'Agriculture under the Second Empire, Ecole Nationale d'Agriculture under the Third Republic, then Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'Agronomie de Grignon (ENSAG) from 1960. The latter merged with the Institut National Agronomique in Paris to become the Institut National Agronomique Paris-Grignon (INA P-G). A final merger took place in 2007 with ENGREF in Nancy and ENSIA in Massy to become the school known today as AgroParisTech.
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