Arthur Radiguet

Arthur Radiguet (8 April 1850 – 6 December 1905) was a French inventor.

Arthur Radiguet
Born
8 April 1850

Old 8th arrondisement, Paris
Died6 December 1905 (aged 55)
3rd arrondissement, Paris
RelativesRaymond Radiguet (great-nephew)

Biography

Arthur Radiguet was born on 8 April 1850 in the house of his parents, optician Honoré Radiguet and Sophie née Muret, in Paris' old 8th arrondissement.[1]

He attended the Lycée Turgot.[2][3] In 1870, during the Franco-Prussian War, he was assigned to the 35th Infantry Regiment[2]. Afterwards, he joined the family business, Radiguet et Fils, which specialized in the production and sale of optical instruments. He extended the sphere of the company's activity to popular science, producing educational devices functioning through steam and electricity.

Radiguet was interested in photography and radiography.[1] In 1899, he went into business with his son-in-law Georges Massiot; the company absorbed the business of Alfred Molteni, which was known for its projection devices and important offering of projection slides.[2],[4].

Radiguet was one of the first French deaths from radiodermatitis.[5][6]

He died on 6 December 1905 at his home in the 3rd arrondissement of Paris,[7] and is interred at Père-Lachaise Cemetery (58th division). A molding of his X-ray burned hands is preserved at the Hôpital Saint-Louis[8].

His name is engraved on the Monument to the X-ray and Radium Martyrs of All Nations.[9]

Distinctions

  • Officier d'académie, 1892[2]
  • Officier de l'Instruction publique, 1899[2]

References

  1. 1 2 A. R. (1905). "Nécrologie". Le Progrès médical: 919. {{cite journal}}: Invalid |url-access=libre (help)
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 G. L. (1905). "Arthur Radiguet". Les Parisiens de Paris: XV-XVII.
  3. ↑ Paul Maulvault (1912). Cinquantenaire de l'Association amicale des anciens élèves de l'École municipale Turgot, 2 juin 1861-2 juin 1911. p. 162.
  4. ↑ J. Rouyer (1888). "Maison Radiguet fondée en 1804". L'Industrie parisienne (11–12): 179-180. {{cite journal}}: External link in |url-access= (help); Invalid |url-access=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bd6t58481563/f181.item.r=%22honor%C3%A9%20radiguet%22.zoom (help)
  5. ↑ "Victime de la Science". Le Petit Parisien: 1. 1905-12-12. {{cite journal}}: Invalid |url-access=libre (help)
  6. ↑ "Société française des électriciens". Revue générale de l'électricité. XVII (7): 241. 1925-02-14.
  7. ↑ "A. Radiguet". L'Année scientifique et industrielle: 365-366. 1905. {{cite journal}}: Invalid |url-access=libre (help)
  8. ↑ Guy Pallardy (1989). "Chronique historique : Massiot" (PDF). Journal de Radiologie. 70 (6–7): 435-438.
  9. ↑ "40e anniversaire de la découverte des Rayons X". La Lutte contre le cancer: 37-38. 1936.
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