LOUIS JOSEPH CéSAR DUCORNET: A LIFE CUT SHORT

Louis Joseph César Ducornet was a talented young man with a promising future ahead of him. Born in 1823, he quickly displayed an unquenchable thirst for knowledge and stood out in his studies. His kind nature made him a popular figure among his peers, but tragedy would soon strike him. At the tender age of 23, Ducornet's life was untimely cut sho