Decauville, Paul
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| Birthname | Paul Amand Decauville | ||||
| born on | 7 June 1846 at 19:00 (= 7:00 PM ) | ||||
| Place | Évry, France, 48n38, 2e27 | ||||
| Timezone | LMT m2e27 (is local mean time) | ||||
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| Astrology data |   16°34'   22°01 Asc. 06°16'
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Biography
French engineer, businessman and politician, he is the inventor of a railway system that bears his name (Decauville). He founded a construction company in 1910 to exploit the patents it had obtained. He was mayor of Evry-Petit Bourg from 1881 to 1892, Senator of Seine-et-Oise from 1890 to 1900, and mayor of the town of Saint-Léger (Manche) for a time. He died on 29 June 1922 at age 76 in Neuilly-sur-Seine.
Events
Source Notes
Birth certificate in Didier Geslain archive, 'd' pdf file, p. 61.
Categories
- Vocation : Business : Business owner
- Vocation : Engineer : Mechanical (Railway)
- Vocation : Politics : Public office
