Michel Alcan (21 May 1810 – 26 January 1877) was a French engineer, politician, and author; born at

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, in the department of

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and 1848. In the latter year he was elected to the

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, and voted with the advanced political party called "The Mountain." After his political career, he resumed his early studies and graduated from the

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as engineer. In 1845 he was appointed professor of the arts of spinning and weaving in the Conservatoire des Arts et Métiers, which position he occupied until his death. In 1859 he was elected a member of the Jewish Consistory of Paris; in 1867, a member of the

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in place of

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. Among his works are: ''Essai sur l'Industrie des Matières Textiles,'' 1847; 2d ed., 1859; ''La Fabrication des Étoffes, Traité Complet de la Filature du Coton,'' 1864; ''Traité du Travail des Laines,'' 1866; ''Traité du Travail des Laines Peignées,'' 1873, etc.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Alcan, Michel 1801 births 1877 deaths People from Meurthe-et-Moselle 19th-century French Jews French republicans Members of the 1848 Constituent Assembly Members of Parliament for Eure 19th-century French engineers École Centrale Paris alumni Burials at Père Lachaise Cemetery