Bertrand, Elie

Bertrand, Elie a Swiss clergyman and naturalist, was born at Orbe in 1712. He was pastor of that village in 1739, preacher at Berne in 1744, private counsellor of the king of Poland, and member of the academies of Stockholm, Berlin, Florence, Lyons, etc. He cultivated the natural sciences, on which he wrote many works, besides a few religious books, for which see Biog. Universelle, s.v.