Mezue nkebi ahịrịokwu a: O ji ịnụ ọkụ n'obi rụsie ọrụ ahụ ike, ka ọ na-erukwa n'afọ 1813, o ji ụkwụ gaa ihe karịrị puku kilomita iri na ise na narị kilomita ise na France nakwa n'akụkụ ụfọdụ nke Ịtali. Otú ọ dị, ndị ezinụlọ ya nwere ọmịiko dị nta n'ọrụ ala ya, ma mee ka ọ kwụsị njem ya. E bipụtaghị map nke France na ókèala ndị gbara ya gburugburu ruo 1822 ma bụrụ ihe ndabere maka nyocha zuru ezu nke Armand Dufrénoy na Elie de Beaumont. Mgbe ọ rụchara ọrụ dị ka osote onye nlekọta nke arrondissement nke Dinant (1814) na odeakwụkwọ ukwu nke mpaghara Liège (1815), ọ ghọrọ gọvanọ nke Namur na 1815. O nwere ọfịs a ruo mgbe
Mgbanwe nke 1830. A họpụtara ya dịka onye so na ndị otu Senate nke Belgium na 1848, bụrụ osote onye isi ya na 1851, bụrụ onye otu Academy nke Brussels na 1816, ma bụrụ onye isi ya na 1850.