Frank Lambert (inventor)
François or Frank Lambert (born June 13, 1851 in Lyon , † 1937 in the Waldorf-Astoria on Park Avenue) was a French-American inventor.
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His parents were the draper François Lambert Sr. and Vincelette Fayard. He was trained as a mechanic and emigrated to the USA in 1876.
On February 19, 1878 he received his first patent for a striking mechanism for clocks (200,518).
In 1880 he married Jeanne-Marie Donval († September 20, 1925), who had two children. They had three other children, of whom only the youngest, Jeanne, survived the parents. In January 1926 he married Jeannette Lawson Ebbets (1896–1975), with whom he lived in the Waldorf-Astoria after their honeymoon in Europe.
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| SURNAME | Lambert, Frank |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lambert, François |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French-American inventor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 13, 1851 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lyon |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1937 |
| Place of death | Waldorf-Astoria on Park Avenue |