Pierre-Marie-Joseph Desgoutte (February 26, 1874 – December 10, 1955), whose name is sometimes spelled Desgouttes, was a French industrialist, founder of the Automobiles Cottin et Desgouttes company.[1]
Pierre Desgoutte | |
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 Pierre Desgoutte (1908) | |
| Born | February 26, 1874 Saint-Hilaire-sous-Charlieu, Loire, France |
| Died | December 10, 1955 (aged 81) Nice, Alpes Maritimes, France |
| Nationality | French |
| Occupation(s) | Founder of Cottin & Desgouttes, Engineering |
| Spouse(s) | Joséphine Curial, Elisabeth Wilhelmine Caroline Nobile de Zenetti |
| Children | Georges Desgoutte, Gabriel Desgoutte |
| Parent(s) | Jean Desgoutte and Marie-Philiberte Plasse |
Life
editPierre Desgoutte was born at Saint-Hilaire-sous-Charlieu, in the arrondissement of Roanne in the Loire, son of Jean Desgoutte and Marie-Philiberte Plasse.
He started working in the automobile area in 1896,[2] first as a designer with Audibert & Lavirotte, where he designed a number of models, then as an engineer with Berliet.[3]
In 1897, he married a young girl from the Savoie region, Joséphine Curial, with whom he had two sons, Georges (1898) and Gabriel (1900).
In 1904, he launched Desgouttes et Cie, which later became Automobiles Cottin et Desgouttes.[3] (A final "s" was added to the name Desgoutte for marketing reasons.) He personally designed three models: the 12, 16 and 40 hp.
The company was very successful. However, in 1923, Pierre Desgoutte retired from Cottin & Desgouttes, married Elisabeth Wilhelmine Caroline Nobile de Zenetti,[4] of Austrian origin, last descendant of an old Venetian family, and settled in Nice, where he bought a villa that had belonged to the painter Jules Chéret.
Up to his death in Nice in 1955, he continuously demonstrated interest in automobile issues, and he issued patents concerning road and rail transportation shortly before he died.[5]
References
edit- ^ Sauter, Louis (27 November 2011). "History of the Lyons-based firm Cottin & Desgouttes". Retrieved 24 January 2013.
- ^ Baudry de Saunier, Annual, 1908, p. 308
- ^ a b Nick Georgano, The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile, Vol. 1, p. 340
- ^ "Mariage Certificate". 1 December 1997. Retrieved 24 January 2013.
- ^ "Le Carnet de l'Automobile, No. 49" (in French). January 1956. p. 16. Retrieved 24 January 2013.
External links
edit- Sauter, Louis (23 January 2013). "Famille Desgoutte" (in French). Retrieved 24 January 2013.
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