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Suzanne Deutsch De La Meurthe
Suzanne Henriette Charlotte Deutsch de la Meurthe (20 September 1892 – 29 November 1937) was a French Jewish philanthropist who inherited a fortune from her father, a highly successful industrialist. She is remembered for restoring the village of Moÿ-de-l'Aisne which was devastated during the First World War and for launching a more effective version of the Coupe Deutsch de la Meurthe, triggering the development of civil aviation in France in the 1930s. Early life Born on 20 September 1892 in Paris, Suzanne Henriette Charlotte Deutsch de la Meurthe was the daughter of Marguerite Ida Caroline (née Henriques Raba) (1854–1941) and successful petroleum businessman Henri Deutsch de la Meurthe (1846–1919). She was the third of four daughters. Her grandfather, Alexandre Deutsch de la Meurthe (1815–1889), had already developed a thriving vegetable oil business before extending his interests into petroleum imported from the United States. Raised in the in les Yvelines, she foll ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henri Deutsch De La Meurthe
Henri Deutsch de la Meurthe (; 25 September 1846 – 24 November 1919), born Salomon Henry Deutsch, was a successful French petroleum businessman (known as the "Oil King of Europe"Howard, Fred, ''Wilbur & Orville: A Biography'', Dover Publications. Viewablonline/ref>), and a supporter of early aviation. He sponsored a number of prizes to encourage the development of aviation technologies, including the ''Grand Prix d'Aviation'' and the ''Deutsch de la Meurthe'' prize. Early life, family and name The Deutsch de la Meurthe was a French family known for its wealth and patronage in technology and philanthropy, having helped develop the industrial oils industry in France. In 1845, Alexander Deutsch founded a company for the processing and marketing of vegetable oils in La Villette, then an independent commune of Paris. With the discovery of petroleum oil in Pennsylvania in 1859, Deutsch began to study and develop the use of petroleum oils in France. In 1877, Deutsch brought his two ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
