Pierre Guillaume Frédéric le Play made a career in technology at a time when the terms of that career were still being set.
The record lists Pierre Guillaume Frédéric le Play as French engineer, sociologist and economist (1806-1882).
Pierre Guillaume Frédéric le Play was born at La Rivière-Saint-Sauveur in 1806. His recorded nationality is France. He was educated at École polytechnique and Mines ParisTech.
The nineteenth century professionalised nearly everything: salaried posts, formal training, and audiences large enough to sustain a career.
The record gives his occupations as economist, engineer and politician.
His principal work is The European Workers. Technical work compounds - each layer makes the next one cheaper to attempt.
His recorded fields of work are metallurgy.
The honours are a fair index of how the work was received - Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour.
Working from France shaped what was possible - the audiences within reach, the institutions that would have him, the language the work first appeared in.
Pierre Guillaume Frédéric le Play died in 1882 at the age of 76. The work outlived the arguments around it.
Achievements
- Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour
- Notable work: The European Workers
- Educated at École polytechnique and Mines ParisTech
- Worked as economist, engineer and politician
