Prix Bordin
The Prix Bordin is a series of prizes awarded annually by each of the five institutions making up the Institut Français since 1835. History. The prize was created by Charles-Laurent Bordin, a notary in Paris from 1794 to 1820, who bequeathed 12,000 Francs to the Institut de France in his testament dated April 7, 1835, for the foundation of an annual prize to be given to each of the five: