Justin-Miranda René (René) Benoît (1844–1922)

French physician and physicist. MD, Montpellier, 1869; doctorat ès sciences, École des hautes études, 1873. Assistant director, Bureau international des poids et mesures, 1877; director, 1889. Translated Expression into French with Samuel Jean Pozzi (1874). Standardised units of length, temperature, and electrical resistance.