Louis Charles Breguet belongs to the record of technology as a figure whose work outlasted the moment that produced it.
The record lists Louis Charles Breguet as Aircraft designer and builder, one of the early aviation pioneers.
Louis Charles Breguet was born at 6th arrondissement of Paris in 1880. His recorded nationality is France. He was educated at Supélec.
Around the turn of the twentieth century, national institutions, mass media and mass politics changed both the scale of a career and its risks.
He worked as military flight engineer, aircraft pilot and aerospace engineer.
Technology is judged by adoption: an invention nobody uses is a curiosity.
His recorded fields of work are aerospace manufacturer and aerospace industry.
Recognition followed: Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour.
That the work was done from France matters. Opportunity has never been evenly distributed, and where a person is based shapes which doors open and whose work gets seen.
Louis Charles Breguet died in 1955, aged 75. What survives is the work, which is the only durable form of a reputation.
Achievements
- Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour
- Educated at Supélec
- Worked as military flight engineer, aircraft pilot and aerospace engineer
