Famous people from Pont-de-Beauvoisin
as the creator of modern physiotherapy. He had, in fact, implemented gentle techniques and new devices, some of which use compressed air. This work earned him the prize of the Academy of Medicine and the Cross of the Legion of Honor. Then he became interested in arterial aneurysms and developed a solution with exceptional coagulating power:Pravaz Liqueur. But his most famous discovery was that of the hollow needle syringe. Before this invention, to inject a liquid into the body, an incision was made in the tissues and the liquid was poured into this opening. With the hypodermic syringe Pravaz brought considerable progress to medicine. The first syringe was made in 1862. It was made of silver. At the end of the 19th century, syringes were made of glass and the end of the needle bevelled. But the use of this syringe will raise contradictions which greatly affect Charles Gabriel Pravaz who died on June 13, 1853 in Lyon.
The Rostang Family and the "Hotel du Commerce"
The Rostang family, known for their famous 2-star restaurant in Paris named“Rostang Father & Daughter”, is a family where the transfer of the culinary know-how of the Rostangs has been perpetuated for five generations: son, grandson and great-grandson of great cooks who love gastronomy. Michel Rostang has been pursuing this family adventure for more than 30 years. Born on August 6, 1948 in Pont de Beauvoisin in Isère (38), in a family serving the pleasures of the table. This adventure begins with"Trade Hotel"in Pont-de-Beauvoisin (Isère), a business owned by Jean Rostang.
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CHARLES GABRIEL PRAVAZ (1791-1853)
Charles Gabriel Pravaz was born near the bridge, on the French side, on March 24, 1791. He was the son of a doctor. He studied at the seminary of Chambéry then took mathematics courses in Grenoble. Returning to Pont, he taught at college, before entering the army under the influence of one of his parents, General Dode de la Brunerie, which allowed him to enter the Royal Polytechnic School. Then he began studying medicine in Paris. He passed his thesis at the age of 33 (Research for use in the history of laryngeal phthisis). Then he launched into research. These will first concern orthopedics, of which he became a precursor. It was also considered
AUGUSTE TRILLAT (1861-1944)
Auguste Trillat was born in Pont-de-Beauvoisin (38) on February 14 1861. He studied at the Petit Séminaire de Valence and then Geneva and developed a passion for chemistry very early on. He began his professional career as a technician in Swiss and German laboratories. In 1888 he returned to France and worked in a laboratory at the College de France. There, he will develop the industrial production of a product that he will baptizeformalinand for which he filed a patent. Unfortunately the interest of this invention did not interest the French. Also, the manufacturing center was set up in Germany. Formalin is used as an antiseptic and preservative des
anatomical parts. In 1893, he discovered that formaldehyde can give rise to resins. It is this research which, taken up by Bakeland, will give birth to Bakelite which can be considered as being at the origin of modern plastics processing. We also owe him other decisive works such as the use of aluminum in food or the improvement of autoclaves. He entered the Institut Pasteur and the School of Physics and Chemistry in Paris, then in 1937 he was elected a member of the National Academy of Medicine. Auguste Trillat died in Tunis on April 2, 1944.
His son, Jean-Jacques Trillat, cousin of the famous physicist Louis Leprince Ringuet, built in 1935, the first French electron microscope.
EMMANUEL CRETET (1747-1809)
Emmanuel Cretet was born on February 10, 1747, in the family mansion which was opposite the town hall of Pont-Savoie, where Pope Pius VII was lodged, during of his journey to crown Emperor Napoleon I. He was the brother of Henri Cretet who was the first mayor of the town in 1792. Emmanuel first worked in a counter in Bordeaux, which allowed him to make several trips to America. Based in Paris, he bought the Champmol estate, the prestigious necropolis of the Dukes of Burgundy. Then he entered political life at the age of 50. Elected to the Council of Elders, he is very quickly noticed by Bonaparte who raised him to the rank of Commander of the Legion of Honor. In 1806 he became the first governor of the Banque de
France which he had helped to found. In 1807, he was appointed Prime Minister of the Emperor. His work is considerable. It will be responsible for setting up and administering the cadastre, maintaining roads and canals. It is he who will dig the first road tunnel (tunnel des Echelles), drill the Simplon road, build many bridges like those of Grionde and that of Roanne. He rebuilt the town of La Roche-sur-Yon devastated by the war. He is in charge of beautifying Paris. He then had the Canal de l'Ourcq dug and the La Villette factory and around fifty fountains built. He will be in charge of building the Jena bridge, the Arc de Triomphe, that of Trocadéro, and the Place de la Concorde. Unfortunately, exhausted by his task, he died in 1809, at the age of 62, Napoleon, who had made him an account of Champmol, ordered his burial in the Pantheon.
ELIE PERRIN (1861-1933)
Elie Perrin certainly owes his Moselle birth to a political event that shook the Pays du Guiers. The father of Elie Perrin, a child of the country, was a customs officer on the banks of the Guiers, in Aosta (where his first children were born), when in 1860 Savoy was attached to France. No more border on the Guiers, no more customs officers, and this is how the Perrin family finds itself on another border: in Moselle. T it is there in Thedinges that Elie will see the light of day. It is a political event, which will bring this family back to the country, the defeat of 1870, ending the Moselle border.
We don't know much about Elie's youth, except that he studied at the Royal College of Pont-de-Beauvoisin Savoie.
We also do not know what his artistic studies are. But in professional life , Elie holds a teaching position in drawing at the Collège de la Villette near Chambéry, and a job as a photographer in Pont-de-Beauvoisin. Classic photos were soon joined by free subjects, where Elie gave birth to unusual views, such as the “Doctor of the Poor”, a postcard which would hold the world record for value; He does not neglect the easel, and travels the countryside, to paint canvases, today jealously preserved, by their owners;
Elie Perrin died in August 1933
LOUIS MANDRIN (1725-1755)
This character is not Pontois, since he was born in 1725, in Saint-Étienne-de-Saint-Geoire, but his celebrity is such in the two cities, theater of his activities, that he is a hero. local. Having entered into legend, Louis Mandrin is also a two-faced character: hero or assassin depending on how you look at him. He remains a very popular figure throughout the Guiers valley where smuggling was practiced, on a large scale, by many troops of smugglers. It was a time when Savoy occupied by the Spaniards was disorganized and constituted a rear base for people wanted in France. , who saw in him an opponent of the power of the tax collectors, the
general farmers. With time, his exploits have become chivalrous, but the fact remains that Louis Mandrin was also a murderer. Arrested illegally by the French during an incursion into Knowledge, the decision of his death sentence (1755) was the object of strong opposition, including that of Voltaire.
At Pont-de-Beauvoisin, Mandrin is also famous because several companions were natives of this place and he fought there a battle that is still remembered.
An alley that overlooks the Guiers today bears its name. Curiosity and coincidence of History: this is where the offices of the Indirect Contributions were once located...
LEON MAGNIN (1832-1919)
Léon Magnin practiced the cloth trade in Lyon, but also owned a magnificent property on the plateau overlooking the town of Pont-de-Beauvoisin, on the Isère side.
He was an immensely wealthy man.
He will lose his only son, and remains without a direct heir.
In 1912, apart from a few special clauses, by deed, he bequeathed all of his property to the commune, real estate and furniture, taking effect on the death of his wife, which will take place in 1925.
Land that will see much later, the realization of the MAGNIN housing estate.
Several cash donations are bequeathed to various local societies: 50,000 Fr to Secours MUTUEL, 3,000 Fr to the firefighters, 500 Fr to the music society, an annual annuity of 900 Fr to the gymnastics society of La Sentinelle, to whom he also leaves the enjoyment of the building he had built for him! (the gym). Its furniture and a sum of 50,000 Fr are also allocated to the construction of a hospital, the staff of which will have to be entrusted to the Sisters of the Rosary.
Léon Magnin was appointed an Academy Officer in 1901 for his dedication and generosity towards sports and patriotic societies.
