Louis Eugène Dupont
Louis Eugène Dupont (born August 22, 1839 in Troinex , † December 12, 1901 in Geneva ) was a Swiss engineer, politician and diplomat.
Life
Born as the son of the teacher Joseph Pierre Dupont and Louise b. Godet studied Louis Eugène Dupont engineering at the Polytechnic Zurich . He became active in the Corps Rhenania there and received it on October 31, 1857. After completing his studies, he worked as a tram construction engineer in Geneva . So he built the first tram between Geneva and Chêne-Bourg . In 1866 he was elected to the Grand Council of the Canton of Geneva . In 1873 he went to Russia, where he built several tram lines in Riga and Saint Petersburg . In 1875 he succeeded Jakob François Louis Philippin as the Swiss Consul General and Head of Mission in Saint Petersburg. In 1900 Konrad Schinz became his successor. He returned to Geneva, where he died the following year.
See also
literature
- Jacques Barrelet: Dupont, Louis Eugène. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
Web links
- Louis-Eugène Dupont
- Documents by and about Dupont, Louis Eugène in the Dodis database of Diplomatic Documents of Switzerland
Individual evidence
- ↑ 150 years of the Corps Rhenania Zurich-Aachen-Braunschweig, 1855-2005. Braunschweig 2005, p. 298.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Dupont, Louis Eugène |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss engineer, politician and diplomat |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 22, 1839 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Troinex |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 12, 1901 |
| Place of death | Geneva |