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    Édouard Louis Joseph, 1st Baron Empain (20 September 1852 – 22 July 1929), was a wealthy Walloon Belgian engineer, entrepreneur, financier and industrialist...
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  • Empain was CEO of the Schneider group (Schneider-Empain). The Baron was the son of Jean, 2nd Baron Empain, and the grandson of Édouard Louis Joseph,...
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    Closson worked with chief architect Alexandre Marcel for developer Édouard Louis Joseph Empain. Closson also executed Marcel's competition-winning design for...
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    chose the General Traction Company, owned by the Belgian Baron Édouard Louis Joseph Empain. An act of 30 March 1898 declared a public utility for "the construction...
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    estimated to be 142,017 and in El-Nozha was 244,869 people. Édouard Louis Joseph, 1st Baron Empain visited Egypt in January 1904 to rescue one of the projects...
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    Enghien gardens were sold in 1924. The buyer is François Empain (1862–1935), brother of Édouard Empain, who already rented the estate. He paid much attention...
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  • was also taken hostage when he tried to secure her release. Baron Édouard-Jean Empain: Industrialist who was kidnapped for ransom. His captors cut off...
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    Los Angeles, California, by Claud Beelman (1930) Entrance of the Villa Empain in Ixelles (Brussels) by Michel Polak (1930–1934) Cincinnati Union Terminal...
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    it became known as Wallonia. Édouard Empain, (1852–1929), a wealthy engineer and entrepreneur; built the Paris Métro Louis De Geer, (1587–1652) merchant...
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    Jules De Blauwe Major General Doctor Antoine Depage Major General Baron Edouard Empain Plk. gst. Jaroslav Hajicek (Czechoslovakia) Belgium portal Orders, decorations...
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