Bouton, Georges
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| Birthname | Georges Thadée Bouton | ||||
| born on | 22 November 1847 at 03:00 (= 03:00 AM ) | ||||
| Place | Paris, France, 48n52, 2e20 | ||||
| Timezone | LMT m2e20 (is local mean time) | ||||
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Biography
French engineer, who along with fellow Frenchman Marquis Jules-Albert de Dion, founded De Dion-Bouton in 1883. The pair had first worked together in 1882 to produce a self-propelled steam vehicle.
Georges Bouton was the nominal winner of the 'world's first motor race' on 28 April 1887, when he drove a de Dion-Bouton vehicle 2 kilometres from Neuilly Bridge to the Bois de Boulogne.
Events
Source Notes
Birth certificate in Didier Geslain archive, 'b' pdf file, p. 323.
Categories
- Vocation : Engineer : Mechanical
- Vocation : Sports : Race Cars
