Career
He was also a journalist and a Police Commissary. Bourdeu arrived in Buenos Aires in 1888 and was the first Chief Accountant of the Fábrica Nacional de Calzado (National Shoe Factory). The establishing of the factory in that year led to the creation of Villa Crespo (initially called "San Bernardo"), one of the pioneer towns in Buenos Aires.
Bourdeu therefore became one of the pioneers in that zone.
In 1904, an act was passed in order to improve the relations between the law enforcement authorities and the community and, as a consequence, a certain number of notable citizens were asked to join the ranks of the Police. Bourdeu was appointed Commissary of the Capital Police (in the city of Buenos Aires), a force that, in 1947, became the Policía Federal Argentina.
Simultaneously with his police role he took significant and constant action in all areas related to community culture and development in many neighbourhoods of the city of Buenos Aires. Julien Bourdeu died in Buenos Aires on February 1932.
