Jules Salomon
Jean-Marie Jules Salomon (1 February 1873 - 31 December 1963) was a French industrialist.[1] In 1909 he founded Le Zèbre, a car manufacturer.
Life
Born in Cahors,[2] he studied in Brive but failed the exam for the École nationale supérieure d'arts et métiers and so instead joined the École de commerce et d'industrie in Bordeaux.[2] He was taken on as a draughtsman at Les Établissements Rouart in 1891 and became head of the drawing office at the Niel factories in Évreux in 1900.[2] He began collaborating with the Unic factories in Puteaux in 1903 and there created a new type of car engine.[2] He and Jacques Bizet then founded Le Zèbre in 1909. [2]
He designed the four-seater Citroën B2 in 1920[3] and occasionally advised Peugeot on engineering from 1926 to 1928.[2] From 1928 to 1939 he joined Automobiles L. Rosengart.[2] He died at Suresnes and on 20 January 2025 was posthumously awarded a Grande Médaille by the Société des ingénieurs de l'automobile for his contribution to the French carmaking industry.[2]
Bibliography
- (in German) Die internationale Automobilenzyklopädie: 125 Jahre Marken und Modelle. USM. 2008. ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8.
References
- ↑ (in French) "Cycle et automobile industriels". Gallica. 1900-10-14. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
Les petites annonces
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 (in French) J. Becker, 'L'ingénieur Salomon', Bulletin de la Société historique de Suresnes, vol. V, no 25, 1966, p. 245-248
- ↑ (in French) "Vu : journal de la semaine". Gallica. 1935-01-30. Retrieved 2025-01-20.