Jean François Mayor de Montricher | |
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Andre-Joseph Allar at the
Palais Longchamp in Marseille | |
Born | 19 April 1810 |
Died | 28 May 1858 | (aged 48)
Education | Lycée Thiers, Ecole Polytechnique, Ecole des Ponts et Chaussées |
Occupation | Engineer |
Parent(s) | Jean Charles Louis Mayor de Montricher Marie Nicolette Pauline Françoise Chamot |
Jean François Mayor de Montricher (otherwise Frantz Mayor de Montricher) (19 April 1810 – 28 May 1858) was a Swiss engineer. He designed the Roquefavour Aqueduct, near Aix-en-Provence in France, and drained the Fucine Lake in Central Italy.
Jean François Mayor de Montricher was born on 19 April 1810 in Lully, Vaud, Switzerland. [1] [2] [3] His mother was Marie Nicolette Pauline Françoise Chamot. His father, Jean Charles Louis Mayor de Montricher, was a businessman who moved to Marseille for work. As a result, Jean Francois was educated at the Lycée Thiers in Marseille. He graduated from the Ecole Polytechnique and the Ecole des Ponts et Chaussées. [2] [3]
Mayor de Montricher was employed by Maximin-Dominique Consolat, the Mayor of Marseilles, to design the Roquefavour Aqueduct. [4] On 30 September 1852 Emperor Louis Napoléon Bonaparte awarded him with the Legion of Honor for his work. [4] In 2002, it became a monument historique (English: national heritage site). [4]
Later, he was commissioned by Alessandro Torlonia, 2nd Prince of Civitella-Cesi, to drain the Fucine Lake in Central Italy. [2] The resulting plain became one of Italy's most fertile regions.
He died of typhoid fever on 28 May 1858 in Naples, Italy. [1] [2]
Jean François Mayor de Montricher | |
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![]() Bust by
Andre-Joseph Allar at the
Palais Longchamp in Marseille | |
Born | 19 April 1810 |
Died | 28 May 1858 | (aged 48)
Education | Lycée Thiers, Ecole Polytechnique, Ecole des Ponts et Chaussées |
Occupation | Engineer |
Parent(s) | Jean Charles Louis Mayor de Montricher Marie Nicolette Pauline Françoise Chamot |
Jean François Mayor de Montricher (otherwise Frantz Mayor de Montricher) (19 April 1810 – 28 May 1858) was a Swiss engineer. He designed the Roquefavour Aqueduct, near Aix-en-Provence in France, and drained the Fucine Lake in Central Italy.
Jean François Mayor de Montricher was born on 19 April 1810 in Lully, Vaud, Switzerland. [1] [2] [3] His mother was Marie Nicolette Pauline Françoise Chamot. His father, Jean Charles Louis Mayor de Montricher, was a businessman who moved to Marseille for work. As a result, Jean Francois was educated at the Lycée Thiers in Marseille. He graduated from the Ecole Polytechnique and the Ecole des Ponts et Chaussées. [2] [3]
Mayor de Montricher was employed by Maximin-Dominique Consolat, the Mayor of Marseilles, to design the Roquefavour Aqueduct. [4] On 30 September 1852 Emperor Louis Napoléon Bonaparte awarded him with the Legion of Honor for his work. [4] In 2002, it became a monument historique (English: national heritage site). [4]
Later, he was commissioned by Alessandro Torlonia, 2nd Prince of Civitella-Cesi, to drain the Fucine Lake in Central Italy. [2] The resulting plain became one of Italy's most fertile regions.
He died of typhoid fever on 28 May 1858 in Naples, Italy. [1] [2]