Baptiste Alexis Victor Legrand
Alexis Victor Baptiste Legrand (born January 20, 1791 in Paris , † August 29, 1848 in Saint-Martin-d'Uriage , Département Isère ) was an engineer and French politician .
He was general director for the French bridges and roads and designed the plan of the star-shaped railway lines running towards Paris, known at the time as the “Star of Legrand”.
Life
As a brilliant student, Alexis Legrand received major awards around 1806. He entered the École polytechnique on September 28, 1809 and in 1811 switched to the École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées (College of Bridge and Road Construction).
As chief engineer, first class, he was in the service of the General Directorate for Building Construction , Civil Engineering and Mining in 1830 , where he became a State Councilor in 1831 , and General Inspector a year later. In 1834 he became general director for bridges and roads. When the department was replaced by the Ministry of Public Works in 1837 , Legrand was Deputy Secretary of State until 1847.
As a government commissioner, he performed duties in the Chamber of Deputies and in the Senate . In the House of Representatives, Legrand was involved in major decisions about roads, canals, post offices and railways . The laws of 1833 and 1841 on expropriations for public purposes, and those of 1842 on the construction of the railway lines in France go back largely to him. He was raised to the rank of Grand Officer in the Legion of Honor in 1842 .
During the February Revolution of 1848 he was head of department in the State Council, which he gave up on the advice of his doctors. He died of "brain fever" at the age of 57.
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| SURNAME | Legrand, Baptiste Alexis Victor |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Legrand, Alexis Victor Baptiste |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French minister and engineer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 20, 1791 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 29, 1848 |
| Place of death | Saint-Martin-d'Uriage , Isère department |