Claude de Baissac

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Claude Denis Boucherville de Baissac, known as Claude de Baissac or by his codename David (born 28 February 1907, Curepipe, Mauritius - died 22 December 1974) was a Mauritius-born agent in the Special Operations Executive (SOE). He organised the important French Resistance network SCIENTIST, in south-west France from August 1942 to March 1943 and in Britanny from February 1944 onwards. His elder sister Lise was also an SOE agent.