Georges Bouton
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Georges Bouton was a French engineer, who along with fellow Frenchman Marquis Jules-Albert de Dion, founded De Dion-Bouton
in 1883. The pair had first worked together in 1882 to produce a self-propelled steam vehicle. The result gave birth the company which, at the time went under the name De Dion.
Georges Bouton was the nominal winner of the 'world's first motor race' on 28 April 1887, when he drove a de Dion-Bouton vehicle 2 kilometers from Neuilly Bridge
to the Bois de Boulogne
.
, Landes.
in a store window at Léon and asked the toymakers to build another. The engineers Georges Bouton and Charles Trépardoux, who had been making a starvation living selling scientific toys, and Trépardoux had long dreamed of building a steam car
but could not afford it. De Dion was inspired by steam railway locomotives) and could finance the work. De Dion, Bouton et Trépardoux was formed in Paris in 1883. This became the de Dion-Bouton
automobile company, world's largest automobile manufacturer for a time, becoming well known for their quality, reliability, and durability. However, engineer Bouton survived the company he had helped to found: De Dion-Bouton went out of business in 1932.
De Dion-Bouton
De Dion-Bouton was a French automobile manufacturer and railcar manufacturer operating from 1883 to 1932. The company was founded by the Marquis Jules-Albert de Dion, Georges Bouton and his brother-in-law Charles Trépardoux....
in 1883. The pair had first worked together in 1882 to produce a self-propelled steam vehicle. The result gave birth the company which, at the time went under the name De Dion.
Georges Bouton was the nominal winner of the 'world's first motor race' on 28 April 1887, when he drove a de Dion-Bouton vehicle 2 kilometers from Neuilly Bridge
Neuilly
Neuilly is a common place name in France, deriving from the male given name Nobilis or Novellius:...
to the Bois de Boulogne
Bois de Boulogne
The Bois de Boulogne is a park located along the western edge of the 16th arrondissement of Paris, near the suburb of Boulogne-Billancourt and Neuilly-sur-Seine...
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Personal life
Georges Bouton and his brother-in-law Charles Trépardoux ran a 'scientific toys' shop in LéonLéon, Landes
Léon, Landes is a commune in the Landes department in Aquitaine in south-western France.-See also:*Communes of the Landes department...
, Landes.
De Dion-Bouton
The genesis of De Dion-Bouton was in 1881 when de Dion saw a toy locomotiveLocomotive
A locomotive is a railway vehicle that provides the motive power for a train. The word originates from the Latin loco – "from a place", ablative of locus, "place" + Medieval Latin motivus, "causing motion", and is a shortened form of the term locomotive engine, first used in the early 19th...
in a store window at Léon and asked the toymakers to build another. The engineers Georges Bouton and Charles Trépardoux, who had been making a starvation living selling scientific toys, and Trépardoux had long dreamed of building a steam car
Steam car
A steam car is a light car powered by a steam engine.Steam locomotives, steam engines capable of propelling themselves along either road or rails, developed around one hundred years earlier than internal combustion engine cars although their weight restricted them to agricultural and heavy haulage...
but could not afford it. De Dion was inspired by steam railway locomotives) and could finance the work. De Dion, Bouton et Trépardoux was formed in Paris in 1883. This became the de Dion-Bouton
De Dion-Bouton
De Dion-Bouton was a French automobile manufacturer and railcar manufacturer operating from 1883 to 1932. The company was founded by the Marquis Jules-Albert de Dion, Georges Bouton and his brother-in-law Charles Trépardoux....
automobile company, world's largest automobile manufacturer for a time, becoming well known for their quality, reliability, and durability. However, engineer Bouton survived the company he had helped to found: De Dion-Bouton went out of business in 1932.