Unable to resume his duties, Baire lived on the shores of Lake Geneva and he was there when he received the Chevalier de la Legion d'Honneur and in 1922 when he was elected to the Académie des Sciences .
Hindi nagawang ipagpatuloy ang kanyang tungkulin, Baire nanirahan sa Shores of Lake Geneva at siya ay doon siya kapag natanggap ang sewelye de la kakapalan d'Honneur at sa 1922 kapag siya ay elected sa Académie des Sciences.