![]() ![]() ![]() As an engineer and company manager, Louis Breguet entered history in his lifetime on three counts: for his pioneering work on helicopters, for his major contribution to military aviation and for his role in establishing civilian air transport. Summing up the career of Louis Breguet in a few lines is no easy task given that he and the Société Anonyme des Ateliers d’Aviation Louis Breguet that he established and ran (later known as Breguet Aviation) became the major players of the aviation world for nearly a century. However he surprised his relatives by turning decisively towards aviation. Louis Breguet, newly graduated from the École supérieure d’électricité (school of electrical engineering), seemed destined to take over the family telecommunications and electric-motor activities, the watchmaking business having been sold by his grandfather in 1870. Louis’ father, Antoine Breguet (1851-1882), graduate of the Polytechnique and one of the most promising engineers of his generation, introduced the Bell telephone in France before dying prematurely at the age of 31. In recognition of his many achievements, his name is featured on the Eiffel Tower. He invented and built a dial telegraph adopted by many countries and developed several telecommunication systems that improved railroad safety. Louis’ grandfather, Louis-Clément Breguet (1804-1883), also member of the Academy of Sciences, devised a large number of electrical instruments. TJ\xac9\x01\xa9e\xe1u\xe6B\xd2\xd4\x1aq5\x81\xf2\xb8u\x8d\xccmB\xa2Ce\xf4z\xc3\xb6\x86\xfb-s?X\x85\x8c\x88~whPw\xec\xf9)\xcb\xfbq\xe5\xd9\xcbtvm\x9ai\x0e\xee\xe3?\x02\x0e\xbd\xaf.Louis Breguet in fact represented the fifth generation of his family since the arrival in France in 1762 of his great-great- grandfather, Abraham-Louis Breguet (1747-1823), member of the French Academy of Sciences, who established his business in Paris and, with his son, Antoine- Louis (1776-1858), brought the art of watchmaking to its peak. ![]()
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