Joseph Oller
Joseph Oller , in Catalan Josep Oller i Roca , (* 1839 in Terrassa , Spain , † 1922 in Paris ) was a Catalan-French impresario and is known as the inventor of the totalizer .
Life
In 1842 Oller's family moved to Paris . He went back to Spain to study at the University of Bilbao . Cockfighting was popular there.
After 1850 he acquired the meadows along the Seine (today's Maisons-Laffitte ) from Jacques Laffitte and redesigned them into horse running tracks. In 1878 they were converted into a hippodrome . Around 1865, the totalizator system was introduced at the horse races in France , and many sources mention a Parisian perfume dealer named Pierre Oller as the inventor, who is said to have suggested this type of bet to a bookmaker friend, on the other hand Joseph Oller.
In 1888 he built the Music Hall Olympia in Paris. In 1888/89 he founded the Moulin Rouge together with Charles Zidler .
Joseph Oller died in Paris at the age of 83 and was buried in the Père Lachaise cemetery .
literature
- Joaquim Romaguera i Ramió: Josep Oller i Roca. Un emprenedor de l'espectacle dead terreny Paris . In: Revista de Catalunya . Barcelona 2000, no.157.
Web links
- Bob Doran: The First Automatic Totalizator. In: rutherfordjournal.org. Retrieved December 30, 2016 .
- Histoire des Sociétés de Courses de chevaux en France. In: carphaz.com. Retrieved December 30, 2016 (French).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Oller, Joseph |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Oller, Josep i Roca (full name, Catalan spelling) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French impresario and inventor of the totalizer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1839 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Terrassa , Spain |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1922 |
| Place of death | Paris |