Maurice Farman
Maurice Alain Farman (born March 21, 1877 in Paris , † February 25, 1964 in Nice ) was a French track cyclist , automobile racer , aviation pioneer and entrepreneur.
Maurice Farman was the son of an English newspaper correspondent in Paris and spent most of his life in France. In 1894, Farman, who together with his brother Henri also built bicycles , became French sprint champion . Together with Henri he formed a strong tandem team . In 1901 he won the Grand Prix de Pau car race on a Panhard , which is considered the first Grand Prix in automotive history. In 1909 he received a French license number six.
After his cycling career, Maurice Farman and his brother founded the Farman company for the production of automobiles and airplanes. The two brothers worked independently on the design and worked together in production; the third brother, Dick, worked in the administration of the company. Maurice Farman also experimented with telegraphy and telephones on airplanes. In 1936 the French aviation industry was nationalized and Farman retired.
Web links
- Maurice Farman in the database of Radsportseiten.net
- Aviation History , March 5, 1964, p. 348
- The Farman Brothers at ctie.monash.edu.au
Individual evidence
- ↑ teamdan.com ( Memento of the original from May 14, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ past-to-present.com
- ↑ eichhorn.ws
1881, 1882 Frédéric de Civry | 1883–1885, 1887, 1891, 1893 Paul Médinger | 1886 Charles Terront | 1888 Paul Chereau | 1890 Louis Cottereau | 1892, 1893 Georges Cassignard | 1894 Maurice Farman | 1895, 1897, 1899 Paul Bourillon | 1896, 1900, 1902 Edmond Jacquelin | 1898 Ludovic Morin | 1901 Charles Jué | 1903 Victor Thuau | 1904, 1906, 1907, 1910, 1913, 1914 Émile Friol | 1905, 1922, 1924 Gabriel Poulain | 1908, 1911, 1914 Léon Hourlier | 1909 Victor Dupré | 1912 André Perchicot | 1920 Marcel Dupuy | 1923 Maurice Schilles | 1925–1930, 1933–1935 Lucien Michard | 1931 Lucien Faucheux | 1932, 1936, 1938, 1940–1943, 1945, 1946, 1949 Louis Gérardin | 1937 Louis Chaillot | 1939 Guy Renaudin | 1944, 1947, 1948, 1951–1952 Georges Senfftleben | 1953–1955 Jacques Bellenger | 1956–1958, 1963–1965 Roger Gaignard | 1959–1962, 1967 Michel Rousseau | 1968 André Gruchet | 1969 Jack Mourioux | 1970 Cyrille Guimard | 1976, 1977 Serge Aubey | 1978 Yves Daniel | 1980 Daniel Morelon | 1981 Francis Castaing | 1982, 1985 Yavé Cahard | 1984 Philippe Vernet | 1986–1988 Patrick Da Rocha | 1992, 1994 Frédéric Magné | 1993 Fabrice Colas | 1995–1998, 2000 Florian Rousseau | 1999, 2001–2004 Laurent Gané | 2005 Arnaud Tournant | 2006, 2008, 2010 Kévin Sireau | 2007, 2009 Grégory Baugé | 2012, 2013, 2015 François Pervis | 2014, 2016 Quentin Lafargue | 2017, 2018 Sébastien Vigier | 2019 Rayan Helal
The sprint was not consistently held at French rail championships.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Farman, Maurice |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Farman, Maurice Alain |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French track cyclist, automobile racer, aviation pioneer and entrepreneur |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 21, 1877 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 25, 1964 |
| Place of death | Nice |