Étienne Audibert
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French engineer From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Etienne Audibert, (May 14, 1888 – June 6, 1954) was a French engineer, a Mayor of Senlis, a Vice President of Conseil général des mines, the second chairman of Électricité de France (EDF) from 1947 to 1949, a Chair of Charbonnages de France, and a directeur général of CERCHAR.[1][2]
Étienne Audibert | |
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Born | |
Died | June 6, 1954 66) Paris | (aged
Nationality | French |
Education | École polytechnique École nationale supérieure des mines de Paris |
Occupation(s) | Engineer, politician, industrialist |
Known for | chairman of Électricité de France (1947–1949) Mayor of Senlis (1941–) Vice President of the Conseil général des mines |
Awards | ![]() Melchett Medal (1940) ![]() |
Audibert was a student of the Christian school in Mées and then at the l'Institution Sainte-Geneviève in Versailles.
In 1907, Audibert began studies at the École polytechnique[2] and was ranked 6th in his class of 170 students during the admissions process.[3]
In January 1941, Audibert became the Mayor of the town of Senlis.[4]
Audibert was arrested by the Sicherheitsdienst on June 7, 1944, and transported to the Neuengamme concentration camp. He returned to France on May 18, 1945.
He was awarded the Melchett Medal from the Energy Institute in 1940.[5]
On January 18, 1951, the medal of the British Institute of Mining Engineers was awarded to Audibert for the year 1950, in recognition of his contributions to the mining industry. Audibert was the second person from France to receive this distinction.[5]
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