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Mestral (other)
Mestral may refer to: * Armand Mestral (1917–2000), French actor and singer * George de Mestral (1907–1990), Swiss electrical engineer and inventor of the Velcro fabric fastener * Armand de Mestral Armand de Mestral, (born 17 November 1941) is a Canadian academic and international arbitration expert. Born in Montreal, Quebec, de Mestral was educated at Whitgift School in Croydon, United Kingdom. He is a law professor at the McGill Universi ..., nephew of George, Swiss-Canadian academic, Order of Canada recipient * Mestral, a Vulcan character in the "Carbon Creek" episode of ''Star Trek: Enterprise'', which mentioned Velcro {{disambiguation, surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Armand Mestral
Armand Mestral (born ''Armand Serge Zelikson''; 25 November 1917 - 17 September 2000) was a French actor and singer. He appeared in more than seventy films from 1945 to 1992. Filmography References External links * 1917 births 2000 deaths French male film actors {{France-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George De Mestral
George de Mestral () was a Swiss electrical engineer who invented the hook and loop fastener which he named Velcro. Biography He was born to Albert de Mestral, an agronomist engineer, and Marthe de Goumoëns in Saint Saphorin sur Morges, near Lausanne, Switzerland. De Mestral designed a toy airplane at age twelve and patented it. He attended the École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL). After graduation in 1930, he worked in the machine shop of an engineering company. He went for his favorite hobby of hunting and when he came back he discovered that his dog was covered with burs that had attached themselves to its fur. He then worked on inventing hook and loop fasteners for ten years starting in 1948. In 1955 he successfully patented hook and loop, eventually selling 60 million yards (about 55,000 km) a year through a multimillion-dollar company. Marriage George was married three times: in 1932 to Jeanne Schnyder (two sons: Henri and François), in 1949 to Mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Armand De Mestral
Armand de Mestral, (born 17 November 1941) is a Canadian academic and international arbitration expert. Born in Montreal, Quebec, de Mestral was educated at Whitgift School in Croydon, United Kingdom. He is a law professor at the McGill University and an expert in international law. He teaches courses on constitutional law and the law of the European Union. He is also a senior fellow at the Centre for International Governance Innovation. He has an undergraduate and master's degree from Harvard University, a law degree from McGill University, as well as honorary doctorates from Université de Lyon and Kwansei Gakuin University. He also served a term as president of the Canadian Red Cross The Canadian Red Cross Society () [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |