Émile Trélat (6 March 1821 – 30 October 1907) was a French politician. He was the son of Ulysse Trélat and great-grandfather of Gabriel Richet. He graduated at the

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in 1840. He first managed the ceramic factory of

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), and later turned to architecture. He was a civil construction professor at the

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from 1854 to 1895. In 1865 he founded the

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. In 1871 he became lead architect of the department of the

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. He was deputy of the Seine from 1891 to 1898, belonging to the radical party.

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* " Émile Trélat ", dans le DicoParlement1889 19th-century French architects École Centrale Paris alumni 1821 births 1907 deaths {{France-architect-stub