Alfred Chauchard
Hippolyte François Alfred Chauchard (born August 22, 1821 in Les Mureaux in the Seine-et-Oise department, today the Yvelines department , † June 5, 1909 in Paris ) was a French entrepreneur and art collector.
Chauchard came from a humble background and worked as a salesman in the Parisian store Au Pauvre Diable . In 1855 he started his own business with the textile seller Auguste Hériot and the cloth dealer Charles Eugène Faré (as a financier). The partners opened the Les Galeries du Louvre department store in 1855 with a loan from Émile Pereire . In 1857 Faré retired, but the company prospered, expanded and Chauchard took over the overall management after the death of Hériot (1879). He did not retire until 1885. The bachelor without official descendants built up a large art collection and generously gave the Louvre Museum in his will .
literature
- Heidrun Homburg: Department store companies and their founders in France and Germany or: A discreet elite and all sorts of myths . In: Yearbook for Economic History , 1992, Issue 1, p. 183 ff
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Chauchard, Alfred |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Chauchard, Hippolyte François Alfred |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French entrepreneur and art collector |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 22, 1821 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Les Mureaux |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 5, 1909 |
| Place of death | Paris |