Jean-Étienne-Marie Portalis was a French jurist and politician in the time of the French Revolution and the First Empire. Portalis was one of the chief draftsmen of the Napoleonic Code, or Civil Code, which serves as the foundational framework of... Wikipedia
Born: April 1, 1746, Le Beausset, France
Died: August 25, 1807 (age 61 years), Paris, France
Place of burial: Panthéon, Paris, France
Children: Joseph-Marie, comte Portalis
Grandchildren: Jules Joseph Portalis, Joseph Ernest Portalis, and Frédéric Portalis
Education: Université Aix-Marseille-3 Paul Cézanne