 Bénédite was one of the executors of Auguste Rodin's will, with responsibility for managing Rodin's artistic heritage.He was a key figure in establishing the Rodin Museum at the Hôtel Biron in 1919 and became the Museum's first Curator.Bénédite was born in Nîmes, the son of Samuel Bénédite and Isabelle Lisbonne and brother of George Bénédite the egyptologist.