Louise Sarazin
Louise Sarazin, Louise Sarazin-Levassor, (November 6, 1847,
Early life
Louise Cayrol was born in 1847 in
In 1870, in Paris, she married Edouard Sarazin, a patents lawyer from Liège, Belgium, and they had three children, including a daughter Jeanne in 1878 and a son Auguste Henri born in Asnières-sur-Seine in 1880.[5]
Automotive industry
Edouard Sarazin was an entrepreneurial industrialist, patents lawyer and pioneer of automotive engineering, who was in a mix of automotive partnerships and agencies with
Death-bed wish
Sarazin's deathbed words to his wife were:[4] "In your own interests, and for the good of our children, I recommend that you maintain the business connection with Daimler. His invention is entirely trustworthy, and it will have a future, the magnitude of which we cannot begin to imagine today."
He also asked that she maintain the relationship with Levassor and Panhard.[4] To wit ...
Levassor
In May 1890 Mme. Louise Sarazin married Emile Levassor.[1]: p.16
During the 1896 Paris–Marseille–Paris race, he swerved to avoid a dog, crashed and was seriously injured. He never fully recovered and died in Paris the following year.[3]
Literature
- Reinhard Seiffert: Die Ära Gottlieb Daimlers. Neue Perspektiven zur Frühgeschichte des Automobils und seiner Technik. Vieweg+Teubner, Wiesbaden 2009, ISBN 978-3-8348-0962-9.
- Reinhard Seiffert: The era of Gottlieb Daimler. New perspectives on the early history of the automobile and its technology. Vieweg + Teubner, Wiesbaden 2009, ISBN 978-3-8348-0962-9 .
See also
References
- ^ a b c d James M. Laux: In First Gear. The French automobile industry to 1914. McGill-Queen’s University Press, Montreal 1976, ISBN 0-7735-0264-5.
- ^ a b Reinhard Seiffert: The era of Gottlieb Daimler(Die Ära Gottlieb Daimlers).
- ^ a b c "Daimler | Leaders and Personalities". Louise and Edouard Sarazin. Archived from the original on 9 November 2013. Retrieved 9 November 2013.
- ^ a b c Cyber Motorcycle
- ^ a b c Motor Museum in Miniature - Louise Sarazin
- ^ French Motorcycles - Levassor and De Boisse.
External links
- French Motorcycles - Levassor and De Boisse.[1]
- History Garage.com - Emile Levassor.[2]
- Daimler.com - Louise Sarazin and Bertha Benz. Two women with "Gasoline in the Blood" [3]
- Reinhard Seiffert: The era of Gottlieb Daimler.
- John Cockerill and Co (Grace's guide) [4]
- The Motor Museum in Miniature - Louise Sarazin-Levassor. [5]
- The Pit-crew Online. The Inventor, An Engine, A Love Story. [6]
- James M. Laux: In First Gear. The French automobile industry to 1914. McGill-Queen's University Press, Montreal 1976, ISBN 0-7735-0264-5. Pages 10,11,14,16.