Jules-Louis Breton
Jules-Louis Breton (1 April 1872 – 2 August 1940) was an inventor and a French politician.[1] He was a representative of the French Assembly, and the proponent of the Breton-Prétot machine, a device developed in France from November 1914, intended to cut a way through barbed wire on the battlefield. It was developed with an engineer named Prétot, but did not progress beyond the experimental stage.[2]
Biography
Breton was born on 1 April 1872 in
During World War I he was France's Undersecretary of State for Inventions for National Defense.[4] and later founded and directed the National Research and Invention Ministry.[3] He was also Minister of Hygiene under President Millerand in 1920.[5]
Breton was the founder and first director of the National Board of Scientific and Industrial Research and Inventions (ORNI: Office national des recherches scientifiques et industrielles et des Inventions), created on 29 December 1922 and dissolved on 24 May 1938, predecessor of the
He died on 2 August 1940 in
References
- ^ New York Times. August 26, 1940.
- ISBN 2-904255-02-8, page 104
- ^ a b Irresistible empire by Victoria De Grazia p.426
- ^ Irresistible empire by Victoria De Grazia p.426
- ^ Maternity and gender policies by Gisela Bock p.153
- ^ "Salons des Appareils Ménagers". Les Arts Décoratifs (in French). Retrieved 2015-05-28.
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