Jean Walter, (

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– 1957), was a French architect who mainly worked for

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, hospital architecture, and condominiums .

Life

After his graduation in 1902 from the

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, he participated in the First World War, which he ended after an injury as a military attaché for

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. Having detected in 1925 a rich ore body of lead and zinc close to Oujda in Morocco, he founded in 1935 the "Société des mines de Zellidja", which brought him wealth and notoriety. In 1941 he married Domenica Guillaume, the widow of

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. He died suspiciously in 1957 after being hit by a car, leading some to speculate that his wife was responsible for his death.

References

, « Le nouvel hôpital Beaujon à Clichy », ''Architecture d’aujourd’hui, 1934, n°9,'' Boulogne, 1934, pp. 17–22. * Jean Favier, « Le Concours de la Cité Hospitalière de Lille », ''La Construction Moderne, 50e année, n° 9,'' Paris, 2 décembre 1934, pp. 198–215. * ''Notice sur la Cité hospitalière de Lille,'' Lille, Imprimerie L. Danel, sans date et sans nom d’auteur, ca. 1937, 8 p. :ill. * Jean Walter, ''Renaissance de l’architecture médicale,'' Paris, E. Desfossés, 1945, 209 p. :ill. * Stéphanie Samson, ''Le transfert de l’hôpital Beaujon à Clichy,'' mémoire de maîtrise, Université de Paris I, 1996, 200 p. :ill. * Florence Trystam, ''La Dame au grand chapeau, l’histoire vraie de Domenica Walter Guillaume,'' Paris, Flammarion, 1996, 252 p. * Merry Bromberger, ''Comment ils ont fait fortune'', 1954 ( Plon) 1883 births 1957 deaths People from Montbéliard 20th-century French architects École Spéciale d'Architecture alumni {{France-architect-stub

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