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French industrialist, pioneer of the automobile industry and the founder of the French firm Peugeot.
Armand Peugeot was the son of Emile Peugeot and Jean Pierre. The family had a metal working business, producing a range of practical goods such as springs, saws, spectacle frames and coffee grinders. He was a graduate of the École Centrale, a prestigious engineering school in Paris. In 1881 Armand travelled to England where he saw the potential of bicycles and their manufacture.
Business. From 1865, Armand and his cousin Eugène[1] became involved with the running of the company, then called Peugeot Frères Aînés. At the meeting of Peugeot partners in June 6, 1885 he said, "We need to look in the manufacturing of bicycles and tricycles." To accelerate their production, he does not hesitate to give a part of his garden to the company. It is a success that pushs Peugeot to continue manufacturing tricycles, and in 1885, bicycles were equipped with equal wheels, a sprocket chain wheel with chain drive to a smaller sprocket at the rear, so that the rear wheel rotates faster than the pedals, which allows this type of gear to go fast even without a giant wheel. With this machine, the modern bicycle was born. The Peugeot factory fabricated 6000 bicycles in 1897 and 20,000 in 1900. By 1892, the company name was Les Fils de Peugeot Frères, and they had begun to manufacture cars with Daimler engines. Armand wanted to increase production, but Eugène did not want to commit the company to the necessary investment. So, on 2 April 1896, Armand set up his own company, Société Anonyme des Automobiles Peugeot. He built a factory at Audincourt, dedicated to the manufacture of cars with an internal combustion engine. In February 1910, without a male heir, he agreed to merge his company with Eugène’s. When he stepped down from managing the company in 1913, Peugeot were the largest car manufacturer in France, producing 10,000 cars per year.
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variant spelling:
PEUGEOT, Armand
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History
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* 26.03.1849
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Valentigney
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born
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1887
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France
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Vente de 54 voitures Peugeot.
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1888
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France
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Vente de 156 voitures Peugeot.
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1889
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Paris
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Ouverture d'un magasin Peugeot avenue de la Grande-Armée à Paris.
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1889
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Paris
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Présentation à l’Exposition universelle des cycles Peugeot.
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1889
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Paris
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Présentation de sa Peugeot type 1 à chaudière à vapeur
à l'Exposition Universelle.
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1890
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Brevet: Acquisition d'une licence du moteur à deux cylindre en V.
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1890
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France
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Peugeot sort "La Lion": cette bicyclette ne pèse en effet "que" 22 kg, se décline en modèle à cadre droit ou à col-de-cygne et possède un garde-chaîne ainsi qu'un garde-robe.
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1890 - 1891
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Construction du châssis d'un quadricycle, la Peugeot type 2 suivi un an plus tard de la Peugeot type 3 équipée du moteur Daimler qui marque le début de l'empire de l'automobile Peugeot (en association avec Serpollet).
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1892
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Audincourt (Doubs)
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« Peugeot frères » devient « Les Fils de Peugeot frères » et Armand Peugeot veut développer la construction automobile.
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1895
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Peugeot sort une bicyclette à deux vitesses, par retournement de la roue arrière.
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29.07.1896
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Patent n°577536: oil engine
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1900
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France
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Vente de 500 voitures Peugeot.
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06.05.1907
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Patent A. Peugeot - T. Huber et H. de Lostalot n°US886539: explosion motor
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10.02.1908
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Patent A. Peugeot - T. Huber et H. de Lostalot n°US961315: Two-stroke cycle motor.
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1912
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France
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Fondation de la Société anonyme des automobiles et cycles Peugeot, englobant les usines d'Audincourt, de Beaulieu et de Lille, puis de Sochaux.
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† 02.01.1915
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Neuilly-sur-Seine
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died
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