Henri Schneider

Henri Adolphe Eugène Schneider (18 December 1840 – 17 May 1898) was a French businessman and politician. He served as a member of the Chamber of Deputies from 1889 to 1898.[1]

Henri Schneider
Born
Henri Adolphe Eugène Schneider

18 December 1840
Le Creusot, France
Died17 May 1898 (1898-05-18) (aged 57)
Paris, France
OccupationBusinessman, politician
ChildrenEugène Schneider II
Parent(s)Joseph Eugène Schneider
RelativesAdolphe Schneider (uncle)
Jacques de Juigné (son-in-law)

Henri Schneider was born in Le Creusot, rural France.[1][2] His father, Eugène Schneider, had co-founded Schneider-Creusot with his uncle, Adolphe Schneider, in 1836. Henri took over control of Le Creusot on his father's death in 1875.

In 1889 he was awarded the Bessemer Gold Medal of the British Iron and Steel Institute for his services to the iron and steel trade of France. [3]

He died in 1898 in Paris, France.[1][2] His statue in the centre of Le Creusot, designed by Emile Peynot, was dedicated in 1923.[4]

Control of the Le Creusot foundry passed to his son Eugène Schneider, who he had taken into partnership in 1887. [5]

References
  1. Nationale, Assemblée. "Henri, Adolphe, Eugène Schneider - Base de données des députés français depuis 1789 - Assemblée nationale". Retrieved 23 February 2017.
  2. "les maîtres de forges". ecomusee-creusot-montceau.fr. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
  3. "The Iron and Steel Institute". Nature. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
  4. MOCQ, Francois. "Le site touristique du Creusot - Les statues et Monuments - Statue d'Henri Schneider". Retrieved 23 February 2017.
  5. "Eugène Schneider". Northern Mine Research Society. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
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