Jules Salomon
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Life
Born in Cahors,[2] he studied in Brive but failed the exam for the École nationale supérieure d'arts et métiers and so instead joined the École de commerce et d'industrie in Bordeaux.[2] He was taken on as a draughtsman at Les Établissements Rouart in 1891 and became head of the drawing office at the Niel factories in Évreux in 1900.[2] He began collaborating with the Unic factories in Puteaux in 1903 and there created a new type of car engine.[2] He and Jacques Bizet then founded Le Zèbre in 1909. [2]
He designed the four-seater Citroën B2 in 1920[3] and occasionally advised Peugeot on engineering from 1926 to 1928.[2] From 1928 to 1939 he joined Automobiles L. Rosengart.[2] He died at Suresnes and on 20 January 2025 was posthumously awarded a Grande Médaille by the Société des ingénieurs de l'automobile for his contribution to the French carmaking industry.[2]
Bibliography
- (in German) Die internationale Automobilenzyklopädie: 125 Jahre Marken und Modelle. USM. 2008. ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8.