Died 1931-04-04.
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André Michelin
André Jules Michelin was a French industrialist who, with his brother Édouard (1859–1940), founded the Michelin Tyre Company in 1888 in the French city of Clermont-Ferrand.
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business · French industrialist (1853–1931) · engineer · industrialist · racing automobile driver · entrepreneur · also André Michelin, Andre Michelin, Michelin
Born 16 January 1853 · Died 4 April 1931 · Q382573
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1931· 1 entry
1919· 1 entry
Career landmark: chairperson (1919–1921).
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1900· 1 entry
André Michelin published the first Michelin Guide, the purpose of which was to promote tourism by car, thereby supporting his tyre manufacturing operation
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1897· 1 entry
Awarded Knight of the Legion of Honour (1897).
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1891· 1 entry
Was granted a patent for a detachable tire
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1889· 1 entry
A cyclist familiar with the Michelin Company approached Édouard with his flat tyre seeking assistance
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1886· 1 entry
33-year-old André Michelin abandoned his career as a successful Parisian engineer to take over his grandfather's failing agricultural goods and farm equipment business
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1853· 1 entry
Born 1853-01-16.
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1832· 1 entry
"Michelin et Cie" suffered from neglect and was on the verge of insolvency following the founder's death
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