Bernard, Alfred Louis Joseph 5.nov.1831-24.oct.1900 France, Nantes - Nantes
cellist, 1852-1858 studied cello with Olive Charlier Vaslin and Auguste Franchomme at the Conservatoire de Paris, 1853 2e accessit cello, 1855 1er accessit cello, 1858 2e prix cello, 26.jan.1858 second cello in a quintet with White 1st violin, Otto Bernard 2nd violin, Adam viola, Louis Pillet 1st cello, de La Nux piano at Salons de Pleyel in Paris, 1860-1890 professor of cello at Ecole de Musique in Nantes, 1879 residing at 5 Rue Kleber, 1889 decorated Officier d'Academie, he was buried at Cimetiere Misericorde in Nantes