[Edouard Filhol (1814-1883), a Toulousian scientist under the Second Empire]

After having been internal in pharmacy in Paris in 1835, Edouard Filhol regains his birthplace Toulouse. Professor of chemistry and pharmacy at the pharmacy and Medical school of Toulouse, he becomes director of this school in 1858, he also occupied the pulpit of chemistry to the Faculty of Science of Toulouse. He belonged to many local learned societies like with the Academy of medicine like national associate. It is thanks to him that the museum of natural history was born. He was also a mayor under the Second Empire what will be worth solids enmities then to him. All its activities did not prevent it from making many and varied research having generally a local interest. He has, in particular, studied mineral water, milk, the ryegrass enivrante thus that anthropology and toxicology.