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Knight of the Legion of Honour
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Antoine Breguet
1851-01-01 – 1882-07-01
Life & Legacy
Antoine Breguet (born in Paris on (1851-01-26)January 26, 1851 and died in Paris 1st on (1882-07-08)July 8, 1882), was a French physicist, the great-grandson of the watchmaker and physicist Abraham Breguet, son of physicist Louis Clément François Breguet (1804-1883), and father of aviation pioneers Louis Charles Breguet (1880-1955) and Jacques Eugène Henri Breguet (1881-1939). His daughter Madeleine Camille Breguet (1878-1900) married Jacques Bizet (1872-1922), son of composer Georges Bizet, in 1898 but died prematurely without descendants at the age of 21.
Occupation & Career
engineer, physicist, inventor
Education
École polytechnique
Accomplishments, Inventions & Publications
Knight of the Legion of Honour; officier d'académie; Knight of the Order of Leopold; Commander of the Order of Isabella the Catholic; Knight of the Order of the Polar Star
Legacy Highlights
Honors & Awards
Commander of the Order of Isabella the Catholic · Knight of the Legion of Honour · Knight of the Order of Leopold · Knight of the Order of the Polar Star · officier d'académie
Education & Institutions
École polytechnique
Verified Legacy Record
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officier d'académie
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Knight of the Order of Leopold
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Commander of the Order of Isabella the Catholic
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Knight of the Order of the Polar Star
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Family Child
Louis Charles Breguet
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Family Child
Madeleine Breguet
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Family Child
Jacques Breguet
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Family Father
Louis-François-Clement Breguet
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Family Sibling
Madeleine Breguet
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Family Sibling
Louise Bréguet
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Sources & Provenance
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