Louis Gustave Mouchel
Founder of Mouchel (1852-1908)
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Career
Born and educated in Cherbourg, Mouchel trained as a naval officer and then as an engineer at the Government School of Mines.[1][2] He then joined the Department of Highways.[1]
In 1875, he moved to Briton Ferry in Wales and formed the Cardiff Washed Coal & Fuel Company.[1] He became the agent for a system of reinforced concrete developed by François Hennebique which he referred to as ferroconcrete.[1][3]
In 1907 he founded L. G. Mouchel which subsequently became one of the United Kingdom's largest engineering consultancies.[1]
Death
He spent most of his adult life in the United Kingdom but died in Cherbourg in 1908.[1]
He never married.[1]
