Gustave-Auguste Ferrié

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Gustave-Auguste Ferrié

Gustave-Auguste Ferrié (born November 19, 1868 in Saint-Michel-de-Maurienne , Savoie , † February 16, 1932 in Paris ) was a French electrical engineer and general.

Life

After graduating from the École polytechnique in 1891 , he joined the army and became an officer. In 1899 he and Guglielmo Marconi set up a wireless telegraph connection between England and France.

In 1903 he invented (among others) an electrolytic detector. Its transmission station on the Eiffel Tower was able to extend the range from 400 km to 6,000 km by 1908. He developed mobile transmitters for the military. During the First World War , France produced 10,000 transmitting and receiving units.

In 1919 he was promoted to general. In 1922 he became "inspecteur général de la télégraphie militaire" (inspector general of military telegraphy).

He died of appendicitis in 1932 in the military hospital of Val-de-Grâce at the age of 64. Tied up with his work, he went to the hospital too late.

Honors

Ferrié was showered with honors, so he received during his lifetime:

Sweden: Order of the Sword
Italy: Order of the Knights of St. Mauritius and Lazarus , Order of the Crown of Italy
France: Grand Cross of the Legion of Honor , Officier d'Académie, Colonial Medal "Casablanca"
Norway: Order of Saint Olav
Belgium: Order of the Crown (Belgium) , Order of Leopold (Belgium)
Serbia: Order of St. Sava , Order of the White Eagle
Romania: Order of the Crown of Romania , Star of Romania
Morocco: Ouissam Alaouite
Denmark: Order of Dannebrog
China: Order of the Double Dragon
Japan: Grand Cross of the Order of the Rising Sun
Bénin: Order of the Black Star
Great Britain: Order of Saint Michael and Saint George
Russia: Order of Saint Stanislaus , St. Anne's Order
United States: Navy Distinguished Service Medal , Distinguished Service Medal
Yugoslavia: Order of the Crown of Yugoslavia
Poland: Order of Polonia Restituta
Czechoslovakia: Order of the White Lion
Tunisia: Grand Officier de l'Ordre du Nicham Zftikar
Annam: Grand Croix du Dragon d'Annam

In 1922 he became a member of the Académie des Sciences .

Honors posthumously

Was named after him:

  • a school in the city of Draguignan
  • A vocational school in the 10th arrondissement of Paris
  • the “Raum Ferrié” on the Eiffel Tower
  • The 2011 final course for military students of the "École nationale supérieure de techniques avancées de Bretagne" (Higher National School for Advanced Techniques in Brittany )
  • The "Musée Ferrié", a military museum in Cesson-Sévigné (near Rennes ), in which the development of telecommunications technology is exhibited.
  • There is also a memorial on the Eiffel Tower, in front of which a memorial ceremony is held every November by members of the army.
  • The “Général Ferrié” award is given for research in the field of telecommunications .

literature

  • Michel Amoudry: Le général Ferrié et la naissance des transmissions et de la radiodiffusion. Presses universitaires de Grenoble, Grenoble 1993, ISBN 2-7061-0497-X .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ List of members since 1666: Letter F. Académie des sciences, accessed on November 12, 2019 (French).
personal data
SURNAME Ferrié, Gustave-Auguste
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French electrical engineer and general
DATE OF BIRTH November 19, 1868
PLACE OF BIRTH Saint-Michel-de-Maurienne , Savoie
DATE OF DEATH February 16, 1932
Place of death Paris