CERNUSCHI, HENRI (1821-1896), Italian politician and economist, was born at Milan. He played a part in the revolu tionary movement and was compelled to leave Italy in 185o. He then settled in France, where he made a large fortune. Cernuschi is best known as an ardent champion of bimetallism, and the word itself is commonly supposed to have originated with him—at least in its English form it is first found in his Silver Vindicated (1876).
Among his other works may be mentioned Mecanique de l'ichange (1861) ; Le Bimetallisme en Angleterre (1879) ; Le Grand Proces de l'Union latine (1884) ; Illusion des societes cooperatives (1886).