Chevalier de Jean Francois Bourgoanne

Jean-François, baron de Bourgoing (20 November 1748, Nevers – 20 July 1811, Karlovy Vary) was a French diplomat, writer and translator. A commander of the Légion d'honneur, he was also a corresponding member of the French Academy of Sciences, a member of the Copenhagen Academy of Sciences, the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts, a foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences from 1810, a knight then a baron de l'Empire, and a knight of the Swedish Order of the Polar Star.

Leon Trotsky wrote to Alfred Rosmer from Cádiz on 19 November 1916: