title: Gustave Colin
text: # Gustave Colin
  
  Gustave Colin (1814–1880) was a French lawyer, judge and politician.
  
  ## Early life
  
  Gustave Colin was born on April 2, 1814, in Pontarlier, France.
  
  ## Career
  
  Colin started his career as a lawyer. He later served as a judge in Morteau and Pontarlier. He wrote a thesis about the cheese industry in Franche-Comté and another study about chemical fertilizers.
  
  Colin served as a member of the National Assembly from 1876 to 1880.
  
  ## Death
  
  Colin died on November 12, 1880, in Pontarlier.
  
  