He had been a founder member of the Association Française pour l'Avancement des Sciences and it was at a meeting of the Association in 1873 in Lyon that he presented his work on the symmedians.
Siya ay naging tagapagtatag ng isang miyembro ng Association française pour l'Avancement des Sciences at ito ay sa isang pulong ng Association sa 1873 sa Lyon na ipinapahayag niya ang kanyang trabaho sa symmedians.