Bessières, Jean Baptiste, Duke of Istria, marshal of France, born at Languedoc, of humble parentage; rose from the ranks; a friend and one of the ablest officers of Napoleon, and much esteemed by him; distinguished himself in the Italian campaign, in Egypt, and at Marengo; was shot at Lützen the day before the battle (1768‒1813).
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Bessemer process * Bessus